Description of A glacier in Iceland

5 Senses

Figurative Language

Smell

Touch

Taste

Sight

Sound

Bottom - Red

Your nose is numb from the cold

The glacier feels cold even though there is light shining through it

The water from the glacier is too cold to drink, it hurts your teeth and your mouth is numb.

Person holding torch in the middle

Top - Blue

There is an eerie silence throughout the glacier, even though there is no one there its a bit unnerving

It blends in perfectly

There are red vein-like objects streaking through the blue area

Looks cold and different

Different sized glaciers

You can smell the coldness and harshness radiating off of the glacier

The air is frigid and painful as it makes contact with your skin. You can smell the cold air mixing with your hot breath


Once you put your hand on the glacier, it hurts to even take it off.

Vocabulary Choices

You can smell a bit of smoke coming off of the torch

There is a slight crackling from the flame on the torch

Frigid

Harsh

Freezing

Crackle

Eerie

Heartless and cold like a killer

Eerie and Scary like a horror movie

The fire was the only thing that was making a sound, you could hear a pin drop

nothing like a good ol' freezing glacier to start off the day

Mind-numbing