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Sensory Vocabulary and Descriptive Language

Sensory descriptors: Use 'overpowering' for strong smells, 'subtle' for delicate scents, and 'stench' for bad odors. Texture adjectives: 'Coarse', 'fluffy', 'prickly', 'silky', 'smooth', 'spiky', 'squishy', and 'sticky'. Sound verbs: Words like 'crunch', 'crash', 'pop', and 'buzz' function as both nouns and verbs (e.g., 'The hum of a machine' vs 'The machine is humming'). Quick Check: Can you distinguish between a 'subtle' scent and an 'overpowering' one in a real-world context?

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Define Active Reading.

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