English LA 8 S2 New 21 160
Descriptive Word Choice in "Fish Cheeks"
Instruction
Active
Word Choice and Sensory Language
Which phrase includes language that appeals to your
senses?
Highlight the sensory details in this text.
And then they arrived - the minister's family and all my
relatives in a clamor of doorbells and rumpled Christmas
packages. Robert grunted hello, and I pretended he was
not worthy of existence.
--"Fish Cheeks,"
Amy Tan
O "And then they arrived"
O "the minister's family and all my relatives"
"in a clamor of doorbells"
O "I pretended he was not worthy of existence"
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