Words for the Five Senses
How writers make you hear, smell, see, and touch a scene
Tagore's poem works because it speaks to the senses. Good writers keep a stock of sensory words — words that make a reader hear, see, smell, or feel a thing rather than just be told about it. Sort them by sense, and your own writing will come alive.
Sensory words, grouped by which sense they belong to.
Q1.Which word belongs to the sense of SMELL (olfactory)?
Fill the senses — a passage by the poet Sarojini Naidu.
'...these ____ lilies that adorn the sunshine' — which sensory word fits best (a vivid sight word for red lilies)?
'the voluptuous ____ of neem and champak… that beat upon the languid air' — which fits (a smell word)?
Q1.Sort correctly: glowing, hiss, aroma, sticky.
Tagore's poem works because it speaks to the senses. Good writers keep a stock of sensory words — words that make a reader hear, see, smell, or feel a thing rather than just be told about it. Sort them by sense, and your own writing will come alive.
Sensory words, grouped by which sense they belong to.
Q1.Which word belongs to the sense of SMELL (olfactory)?
Fill the senses — a passage by the poet Sarojini Naidu.
'...these ____ lilies that adorn the sunshine' — which sensory word fits best (a vivid sight word for red lilies)?
'the voluptuous ____ of neem and champak… that beat upon the languid air' — which fits (a smell word)?
Q1.Sort correctly: glowing, hiss, aroma, sticky.