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Narrative Essay:Adding Idioms and Sensory
Language
English 9
Quick Check
◼ What is an idiom?– a group of words established by usage as having a
meaning not deducible from those of the individual words
◼ Why do we use idioms?– They give a different visual perspective to what we
want to say
◼ What is sensory language?– Sensory language is using words that infer a use of
one or more of your senses (hearing, sight, taste, touch, smell)
◼ Why do we use sensory language?– Sensory language creates imagery, which helps to
paint pictures in the mind.
Idioms
◼ Idioms are a group of words established by usage as having a meaning not deducible from those of the individual words
◼ Examples:
– add fuel to the fire (make a bad situation worse)
– through the grapevine (by rumour)
– drop the ball (make a blunder/mistake)
– on the fence (undecided/neutral)
– step on it (hurry)
Sensory Language
Sensory language is using words that infer a use of one or more of your senses (hearing, sight, taste, touch, smell)—Creates Imagery (pictures in the mind)
Hearing: Though he tried to sound like a sparrow, Juan’s call made him sound like a dying chicken.
Sight: The lightning flashed, only momentarily, but it was enough for me to see the path back to my car.
Taste: Iron, that is what Mike thought of as the blood dripped into his mouth.
Touch: In the dark, Paul reached out to steady himself, only to feel, not a wall, but the bare skin of his brother’s chest—who was standing in the doorway.
Smell: Entering the room, the aroma of rotten eggs let me know that I found the source of the gas leak.