Descriptive Writing Quiz

When a writer uses descriptive language, how does it affect the reader?

• the reader can memorize the text

• the reader feels the text come to life

• the reader gets bored and stops reading

• the reader gets confused and has to reread

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

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

• Taste

• Touch

• Sight

• Sound

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

Barefoot, The warm mud molds my feet.

• see

• hear

• touch

• taste

Mrs. Crab's sweet perfume lingered in the room after her exit.

• smell

• taste

• hear

• touch

Which sentence does not have an adjective? (describes a person, place, object or thing)

• The sky was filled with little, fluffy clouds.

• My dinner was delicious.

• The train exploded into life.

• Her piercing, green eyes followed me.

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

• quiet, jangling, barking

• moist, glassy, metallic

• salty, sweet, tangy

• earthy, fruity, minty

Stephanie fell and felt the sting as sharp thorns tore at her bare skin and clothes. What sense did the writer describe?

• smell

• sight

• sound

• touch

Read the sentence below and choose the words that best complete the description.

The noise was so loud that Sarah threw her hands over her ears. Though she screamed, she couldn't hear her own voice over the ________ drums.

• fast and quiet

• calm and soft

• banging and booming

• soft and delicate