Setting and Sensory Details: Homework

Name the sense behind each detail, give a complete setting, and tell how a place pushes back.

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Part A — Key Words / 4

Type the word that fits each clue.

1.
What is the time and place where a story happens called?Answer
2.
Details you could see, hear, touch, smell or taste if you were there are called what?Answer
3.
A gray sky, a silence and an empty trail make a story feel lonely. What is that feeling called?Answer
4.
A full setting has two halves. Name either one.Answer

Short answers. Think about why.

1.
A numb nose is noticed with which sense?Answer
2.
A sentence says the sky was gray and flat. Which sense notices that?Answer
3.
Why does a writer rarely use all five senses at once?Answer
4.
The cold in the Yukon story isn't just scenery. What else does it act as?Answer
5.
The same sentence about a nine o'clock walk feels safe on a beach and risky on a frozen creek. What changed the feeling?Answer

New lines from the frozen creek. Sort them by sense.

1.
The creek ice groaned under his boots, and the air tasted of metal. Which two senses are these?Groaning iceMetal air
2.
The frozen ground bit through his mittens until his fingers ached. Which sense is the aching?Answer
3.
The fire crackled and spat sparks, and the whole camp smelled of wet wool. Which sense does the smell use?Answer
4.
A man waits at the edge of a frozen creek at dusk in January. Give both halves of the setting.WhenWhere
5.
A writer wants a lonely, dangerous mood. Which detail fits better: a loud crowd cheering, or an empty trail under a gray sky?Answer

Answer each one in one sentence. You mark these yourself against the key.

1.
Write one sentence about a place you know that uses at least two senses.Answer
2.
How does the cold in the Yukon story act like a character?Answer

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Notes

Part A — the answers.

Part B — the answers.

Part C — the answers.

Part D — what a good answer includes.

Answers vary. A good answer names a real place and has details for at least two different senses, such as a sound and a smell, not just the word "nice".
Answers vary. A good answer says it acts on the man: it numbs his face, hides traps under the snow and takes away what his hands can do.