Descriptive Essay Pop Quiz

What do you do in a descriptive essay that you would not do in a different type of essay?

• Bury the lead. Build up to the important stuff

• Write with abbreviations and contractions.

• Use colloquial language

What should you write a descriptive essay about?

• A person, place, thing, or idea that you have personal experience with and means a lot to you.

• Describing what a flower looks like.

• Explaining how to put a table together

What is the first paragraph in an essay called?

• Introduction

• Conclusion

• Thesis Statement

• Hook

What is the best way to start an essay.

• Buy one on essaypro.com

• Start with a personal experience that meant alot to you.

• Google and click the link at the top.

If you choose to write about a person, pick someone...

• You know well.

• You think is attractive

• You met at camp.

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CCSS.RI.6.10

CCSS.RI.7.10

CCSS.RI.8.10

CCSS.RI.9-10.10

CCSS.RL.5.10

Where do you put the most important information?

• In the introduction.

• In the conclusion.

• At the end of the body.

• In the deleted scenes.

Tags

CCSS.RI.6.10

CCSS.RI.7.10

CCSS.RI.8.10

CCSS.RI.9-10.10

CCSS.RI.11-12.10

What resource is designed to help me use vivid language.

• Dictionary

• Thesaurus

• Urban Dictionary

• Tiktok

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CCSS.RI.5.5

CCSS.RI.6.5

CCSS.RI.7.5

CCSS.RI.8.5

CCSS.RI.9-10.5

It's okay to appeal to emotion in this type of essay.

• true

• false

Metphor, simile, hyperbole...these are examples of: (choose the best answer)

• Descriptive Language

• Figurative Language

• Thesaurus

• Burying the lead

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CCSS.RI.5.5

CCSS.RI.6.5

CCSS.RI.7.5

CCSS.RI.8.5

CCSS.RI.9-10.5