Sensory Details

Showing or Telling? Her eyes were sparkling diamonds in the radiant sunlight.

Showing or Telling? I like movies. They're fun to watch.

I drank the tall, frosted glass of sweet lemonade.

Showing or Telling? My eyelids painted yellow and orange kaleidoscopes as the heat washed over me.

What makes up sensory details in descriptive writing?

The shrill roar of emergency sirens awakened the still sleepy town.

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

We sat still, huddled closely underneath the heavy quilt.

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

Showing or Telling? I walked my dog.

The roads had begun to glisten underneath our bright headlights.

The sun was setting behind low, gray-blue storm clouds.

Showing or Telling? The thick, musky smell of the campfire smoke clung to my jacket. 

Showing or Telling? We went to the store, bought groceries, came home, and had dinner.

My mom loves the sweet, buttery aroma of baking corn bread.

A flash of blinding light filled the night sky.

The walls shook and vibrated like the tail of a rattlesnake.

After having brushed my teeth, the cold glass of orange juice was bitter to my minty tongue.