descriptive writing

A tool that makes your descriptive essay more interesting by comparing two items using 'like' or 'as' is called

• A simile

• A metaphor

• Perspective

• A thesis statement

which contains an adjective?

• The blue boat

• She sings loudly

• The dog barks

• The rain falls

Descriptive words are important because they add detail to the story?

• False

• True

what is a descriptive essay?

• A text which describes a particular person, thing or place

• A story with problematic events with resolution at the end

• An essay used to convince readers

he sensory detail in a story are details that________

• Use big words

• Use just sight and hear

• Use the five senses

• Use just taste and smell

Which of the following can good descriptive writing use?

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• Analogies

• Metaphors.

• Similes.

• All the above.

Which of the following sentences is most descriptive?

• She came into the house.

• She came into the house screaming and crying.

• She entered the house.

• She entered the house.

What is the reason to write a descriptive essay?

• To appeal to the reader's liking for numbers.

• To provide the reader with scientific details.

• To inform the reader about technical features

• To allow the reader to grasp the writer's idea through the reader's sense of sight, smell, taste, sound and touch.

Choose the most effective description from the four options.

• I remember the old market clearly - it was always crowded with customers and traders bargaining. I used to watch the action from a distance. Sometimes I would get an orange from the trader.

• I remember the old market clearly - it was always crowded with customers and traders bargaining. I used to watch the action from a distance. Sometimes I would get an orange from the trader who was dealing in fruits and I used to suck the sweet, tangy flesh.

• I remember the old market clearly - it was always crowded with customers and traders bargaining. I used to watch the action from a distance.

• I remember the old market clearly - it was always crowded with customers and traders bargaining. The market was near to my school.

Which of the following is the most effective piece of description?

• The room was bright and airy.

• The room was bright.

• The room was bright and a strong smell of the cool breeze hung in the air.

• There was a smell of air in the room.