Sensory Language/Imagery/Descriptive Details

words specifically chosen to appeal to your senses, allowing the reader to experience as fully as possible what the writer is describing.  

Sight   

- flash of lights in the night sky

- deep blue of the ocean

- the roads had begun to glisten underneath headlights

- the sun was setting behind low, gray-blue storm clouds

- a heavenly hue to the layers of ice and snow accumulating on rooftops and tree limbs.

- her shadow shaky behind a slight flame stemming from a candle she carried

- sparks lit up the dusk of day

- a blinking red light from the truck’s turn-signal illuminated our darkened home

Sound 

- The walls shook and vibrated like the tail of a rattle snake

- Ice crackled and pinged against the family room window

- Wind swirled around our beach house whistling loudly to a terrible tune

- The television buzzed as it shut off, and the furnace sighed one last time before the house fell silent.

- The cracking of wood splitting punctuated each burst of fire like an exclamation point.

- the sounds of emergency sirens awakened the still roads

- the howling of wind and branches creaking under the weight of ice

Smell 

- sweet aroma of baking corn bread

- cinnamon-scented candle

- pungent odor of smoke.

- salty beach air

- rotting leaves and crispness of air

Touch 

- We sat still, huddled underneath the quilt

- Car tires gripped the ice with fearful intensity

- The power lines, heavy from the thickness of ice had snapped

- soft tufts of fur

- stick my toes in the warm and grainy sand

Taste 

- ice-cold strawberries

- tall, frosted glass of sweet yet bitter lemonade

- salty chips

- juicy tartness of orange

- rancid butter