NARRATIVE WRITING PRACTICE

Which is the most appropriate vivid verb for the following sentence below?

With deeply furrowed eyebrows and glaring eyes, Mrs. Thompson_______________ orders to our class with a stern voice.

• said

• cried

• blurted

• explained

Tags

CCSS.L.3.3A

Can you define SUSPENSE?

• Suspense is the climax of a story.

• Suspense is when you use adjectives.

• This is the INTENSE feeling that a reader experiences while waiting for the outcome of certain events.

• This is the grand reveal in your story.

Tags

CCSS.RL.3.4

CCSS.RL.4.4

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

Identify the literary device used in the sentence below:

The pungent stench roamed the streets of Ridgetown.

• Simile

• Personification

• Sensory detail

• Alliteration

Tags

CCSS.RI.3.4

CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RL.3.4

CCSS.RL.4.4

CCSS.RL.5.4

What is a vivid verb?

• A word that describes a noun or pronoun.

• A word that describes an action in a stronger way.

• A word that explains a location.

• A word that shows direction.

Tags

CCSS.RI.5.2

CCSS.RI.6.2

CCSS.RI.7.2

CCSS.RL.4.2

CCSS.RL.5.2

Identify a more vivid way to write the verb in the following sentence:

The hungry student ate his lunch in 10 seconds because he was starving.

• protested

• eating

• drank

• gobbled

Tags

CCSS.RI.4.4

CCSS.RI.5.4

CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RL.3.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

What sense is being engaged most in this example:

The streets glistened like shiny ornaments after the rain.

• Touch

• Sight

• Taste

• Smell

Tags

CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RL.3.4

CCSS.RL.4.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

Which is true about sensory details?

• The purpose is to make writing more detailed and interesting.

• They describe at least one of the 5 senses.

• Both are true

Tags

CCSS.W.3.3A

Which of the following is a metaphor?

• I was as angry as a raging bull.

• Rhett and Link are the best YouTubers.

• The classroom was a warzone after lunch time.

• The dainty daffodils danced in the wind.

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

Which three sentences are examples of HYPERBOLE?

• I've told you to clean your room a million times!

• Yo mama so dumb, she thought a quarterback was a refund.

• My son was crying so long that his tears nearly flooded the room.

• He drove quickly across town to make his dentist appointment.

Tags

CCSS.L.3.5A

CCSS.RL.3.4

What is a narrative?

• A research project

• A story

• Poetry

• A biography

Tags

CCSS.RI.6.10

CCSS.RL.3.6

CCSS.RL.4.6

CCSS.RL.5.6

CCSS.RL.6.10