Using Vivid Language

Identify the vivid verb in the sentence below.

Jimmy sprinted to the park to get on the swings first.

• sprinted

• to

• park

• swings

Tags

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

CCSS.W.9-10.3D

Identify the vivid verb in the sentence.

Kim and Sam whispered to each other about the surprise.

• and

• whispered

• each

• surprise

Tags

CCSS.L.3.1A

Identify the vivid verb in the sentence.

When we got to the parade, there were people shouting for candy.

• got

• were

• shouting

• for

Tags

CCSS.W.9-10.2D

CCSS.W.9-10.3D

Identify the vivid verb in the sentence.

Jon and his friends gathered the food for the picnic.

• food

• picnic

• gathered

• friends

Tags

CCSS.W.9-10.3D

Identify the vivid verb in the sentence.

The girls giggled at the silly movie.

• giggled

• movie

• silly

• girls

Tags

CCSS.L.3.1A

Identify the vivid verb in the sentence.

The ballerina leaps across the stage in her routine.

• across

• stage

• leaps

• routine

Tags

CCSS.W.9-10.3D

Identify the vivid verb in the sentence.

The boy tackled the other player to keep him from getting a touchdown.

• getting

• touchdown

• player

• tackled

Tags

CCSS.L.3.1A

CCSS.L.3.3A

Identify the vivid verb in the sentence.

I picked up the dirty glasses and polished them until they were shiny.

• up

• polished

• were

• shiny

Tags

CCSS.L.3.1A

CCSS.L.3.3A

Identify the vivid verb in the sentence.

He captured the victory when he got to the last level.

• captured

• victory

• got

• level

Tags

CCSS.W.9-10.3D

A writer describes the smell of a forest fire. Which of the following would be a good sensory detail to include?

• the number of forests that there are in town

• the fear that she has about the fire spreading

• the strong and smoky smell reminds her of toasting marshmallows

• the number of times she's been to the forest

Tags

CCSS.W.9-10.3D