Descriptive Language

Which of the following elements add interest, detail, and voice to writing?

Select TWO correct answers.

• Setting

• Vivid verbs

• Sensory language

• Characters

• Conflict

Which of the following provides details in writing that paint a picture in the reader's mind and appeal to the five senses?

• Vivid verbs

• Sensory language

• Figurative language

• Colorful language

Which of the following allows the reader to clearly imagine character actions?

• Vivid verbs

• Figurative language

• Sensory language

• Creative language

Which of the following are examples of figurative language?

• Simile

• Hyperbole

• Metaphor

• All of the above

The next day, when I got home from school, I discovered a jacket draped on my bedpost. The jacket was the color of day-old guacamole.

The underlined statement is an example of what?

• Vivid verb

• Figurative language

• Sensory language

• Simile

I was a small kid, as thin as a young tree, and it would be years before I'd have a new one.

The underlined statement is an example of a---

• vivid verb

• figurative language

• sensory language

• simile

I stared at the jacket, like an enemy, thinking bad things before I took off my old jacket, whose sleeves climbed halfway up to my elbow.

The underlined statement is an example of a---

• metaphor

• figurative language

• sensory language

• simile

I put my hands in the pockets and flapped the jacket like a bird's wings.

The author's use of a simile emphasizes---

• how much the narrator wanted to fly

• how comfortable the jacket was

• how large the jacket was

• how versatile the jacket was

I hurled orange peels into the mouth of an open garbage can. After the peels were gone, I watched the white puffs of my breath thin to nothing.

Which of the following words is used as a vivid verb?

• orange

• open

• nothing

• hurled

I pushed Brownie away to study the tear as I would a cut on my arm.

The underlined word is an example of a---

• vivid verb

• figurative language

• simile

• vivid details