Review for Units 3 and 10

An effective way to describe something new to the reader is to

• use mostly new words that the reader must look up
• describe the object in a vague and general way
• find ways to compare it to familiar things

To be the most effective, a description should

• include every sensory detail related to the thing being described
• tell rather than show the reader what to think
• select sensory details to create a specific mood

Select the letter of the most precise or vivid word for the blank in each sentence.
Everybody wanted to buy the ______________ painting. 

• nice
• gorgeous 
• pretty

Select the letter of the most precise or vivid word for the blank in each sentence.
The crowd ____________ as the skater fell to the ice.

• gasped
• breathed
• inhaled

Select the letter of the most precise or vivid word for the blank in each sentence.
Our trip was delayed by the terrible _____________

• weather
• rain
• downpour

Select the letter that identifies that kind of sensory detail for the sentence below
The sudden honking of geese overhead startled me.

• sight
• sound
• taste
• smell

Select the letter that identifies that kind of sensory detail for the sentence below
The pizza's tangy cheese contrasted with the sweet red peppers

• sight
• sound
• taste
• smell

Select the letter of the term that best identifies the red word or words in each sentence.
The school musical seemed particularly good last night.

• predicate noun
• direct object
• linking verb
• indirect object

Select the letter of the term that best identifies the red word or words in each sentence.
Katherine led the cast to sucess

• direct object
• indirect object
• predicate adjective
• verb phrase

Select the letter of the term that best identifies the red word or words in each sentence.
Her parents were sitting in the front row.

• verb phrase 
• linking verb
• direct object