Descriptive Writing
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9th Grade
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1.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
1 min • 5 pts
How should sentence style and word choice be used in writing a description?
Word choice and sentence style should match the subject and the purpose; the words and style should reinforce the mood.
Sentence style and word choice are not relevant to writing a description.
Word choice and sentence style should not match the subject and the purpose; the words should not take away from the visual that the description creates.
Answer explanation
Meme break
Tags
CCSS.RI.11-12.5
CCSS.RI.6.5
CCSS.RI.7.5
CCSS.RI.8.5
CCSS.RI.9-10.5
2.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
1 min • 5 pts
________is the one thing you are describing which is your main point.
Brainstorming
reference point
conclusion
dominant impression
Answer explanation
The dominant impression of a description is its central and unifying theme; it is the feeling you are trying to convey condensed into a single word or phrase. In a paper of this nature, you should describe as vividly as you can the physical characteristics of a person or a place about which you have a strong feeling.
Tags
CCSS.RI.11-12.5
CCSS.RI.6.5
CCSS.RI.7.5
CCSS.RI.8.5
CCSS.RI.9-10.5
3.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
1 min • 5 pts
Which sensory detail does this statement appeal to?
The sun's rays warmed my face as I stepped outside.
smell
sight
touch
taste
Tags
CCSS.RI.9-10.4
CCSS.RI.9-10.4
CCSS.RI.8.4
CCSS.RL.8.4
CCSS.RL.9-10.4
4.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
1 min • 5 pts
Which sentence from the selection best appeals to the reader's sense of sight.
"It was late in the day when they departed."
They marched into the woods that surrounded their underground home.
"Long shadows stretched over the entrance to the ant kingdom."
"One by one, the insects climbed out."
Answer explanation
Meme break for fun take your time with the quiz it doesn't matter who comes first as long as you get the correct answers. : )
Tags
CCSS.RI.9-10.4
CCSS.RI.9-10.4
CCSS.RI.8.4
CCSS.RL.8.4
CCSS.RL.9-10.4
5.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
1 min • 5 pts
When writing a description you can use your ...of real people, places or things.
Memories
Opinions
Tags
CCSS.RI.11-12.5
CCSS.RI.6.5
CCSS.RI.7.5
CCSS.RI.8.5
CCSS.RI.9-10.5
6.
MULTIPLE SELECT QUESTION
1 min • 5 pts
'Write about the day you first met your best friend. Describe where and how you began talking to each other. Explain how your friendship has developed since that time.' What descriptive would you write if this question appeared?
descriptive of a place
descriptive of a person
descriptive of an event / experience
Descriptive of a feeling
Tags
CCSS.RI.11-12.5
CCSS.RI.6.5
CCSS.RI.7.5
CCSS.RI.8.5
CCSS.RI.9-10.5
7.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
1 min • 5 pts
How can you surprise the reader when writing a description?
By writing something scary
By writing a plot twist
By allowing them to see what you are describing in a new way or from a different perspective
Tags
CCSS.RI.11-12.5
CCSS.RI.6.5
CCSS.RI.7.5
CCSS.RI.8.5
CCSS.RI.9-10.5
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