Descriptive Writing

Which of the five senses is used in this sentence? The warm juicy burger felt like heaven on my tongue.

• Taste

• Touch

• Sight

• Sound

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CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.L.7.5

CCSS.L.8.5

Which of the following sets of words deal mostly with the sense of SIGHT?

• rocky, hairy, drenched

• ticking, hissing, cracking

• thick, tender, smooth

• smokey, pungent, flowery

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CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

Barefoot, The warm mud molds my feet.

• see

• hear

• touch

• taste

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CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.L.7.5

CCSS.L.8.5

Which contains an adjective? (describes a person, place, object or thing)

• The blue boat.

• The rain falls.

• She sings loudly.

• The dog barks.

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CCSS.L.1.1F

CCSS.L.2.1E

CCSS.L.K.5B

Which sentence is an example of a metaphor?

• He ran like the wind.

• You have a small chair.

• She's a tiger when she's angry.

• The sun shone brightly.

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CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

The sensory details in a story are details that___

• use the five senses

• use dollars and cents

• use just sights and smells

• use big words

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CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

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

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CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

Which of these is an example of repetition for effect?

• She wanted to go home. She wanted to forget this day. She wanted to pretend that she had never met him.

• I went to the store and the store was busy so I left the store and decided to come back later.

• This kept happening to me again and again.

• None of the above.

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CCSS.RL.2.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

What does vivid writing always include?

• Sentences that appeal to your senses.

• Long sentences.

• Sentences that are easy to read.

• Sentences with rhyming words.

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CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.L.7.5

CCSS.L.8.5

Phrase:
His heart was a block of ice.

• alliteration
• simile
• metaphor
• onomatopoeia

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.L.7.5

CCSS.L.8.5