000 10/29/2025 Narrative Essay: Body Paragraphs 2-3

Multiple Choice

The concept of "Show Don't Tell" means writers should:

• Use specific details and actions instead of simply stating emotions or facts

• Always include pictures and diagrams in their writing assignments

Multiple Choice

According to the Five Senses Toolkit, writers should use how many senses per scene?

• All 5 senses in every single sentence for maximum impact

• 2-3 senses per scene

• Only sight and sound because they're the most important

• 6-7 senses including the supernatural sense of knowing things

Multiple Choice

In Whitman's example "The spotted hawk swoops by and accuses me," what technique creates vivid imagery?

• Using rhyming words and perfect meter throughout the passage

• Specific visual details like "spotted hawk swoops" and personification where the hawk "accuses"

• Writing in old-fashioned language that sounds very formal and proper

Multiple Choice

How does Thoreau's use of tactile imagery enhance the meaning of his writing?

• It creates a visual image

• It suggests physical action

• It adds emotional depth

• It simplifies the message

Multiple Choice

According to dialogue formatting rules, when should you start a new paragraph?

• Every time someone new speaks (new speaker = new paragraph)

• Only when you reach exactly 5 lines of dialogue

• Whenever you feel like it, depending on your mood

• Only at the beginning and end of the entire conversation

Multiple Choice

To show character development through actions, writers should focus on:

• Body language, facial expressions, what characters touch or avoid, and how they move

• Only describing what characters are wearing and their hair color

• Listing their character's favorite foods and TV shows in detail

• Writing their character's complete biography from birth to present day

Multiple Choice

The Four-Step Scene Structure includes which sequence of steps?

• Set Scene, Create Tension, Show Action, Reveal Meaning

• Write Beginning, Add Middle, Create End, Check Spelling

• Introduce Characters, Describe Setting, Add Conflict, Write Conclusion

• Plan Story, Write Draft, Edit Grammar, Submit Assignment

Multiple Choice

What are sensory details?

• Using words in a creative and imaginative way.

• details in writing that appeal to the 5 senses.

• "sound" words that mimic the sound of an action or object it refers to.

• Writing that means exactly what it says.

Poll

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