Sensory Details Review

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

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

Showing or Telling? I walked my dog.

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

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

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

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

We sat still, huddled closely underneath the heavy quilt.

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.

What makes up sensory details in descriptive writing?

I drank the tall, frosted glass of sweet lemonade.

A flash of blinding light filled the night sky.

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

The roads had begun to glisten underneath our bright headlights.

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

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

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