Reading Strategy: Visualizing


Which of your senses is appealed to by the underlined word in the phrase below?

“the bite of cold air and the sparkle of ice.”
a.
taste
b.
touch
c.
sight
d.
sound

1 answer

In the phrase "the bite of cold air and the sparkle of ice," the underlined word "sparkle" appeals to the sense of:

c. sight

The word "sparkle" refers to the way light reflects off an object, which is a visual experience.