Using Vivid Language

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

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.L.7.5

CCSS.L.8.5

Lando couldn't believe it. The beast couldn't be from this world. It was at least 10 feet tall and moving with more speed than any two-legged animal that Lando knew of. What sense did the writer describe?

• smell

• sight

• sound

• touch

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.L.7.5

CCSS.L.8.5

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

Tags

CCSS.L.1.5D

CCSS.L.2.5B

CCSS.L.3.5C

CCSS.L.K.5D

It was too dark to see in the cave, but I tasted the tang of salt on my lips. I must be near the ocean! Excited, I moved toward the salty spray. What sense did the writer describe?

• smell

• sound

• taste

• sight

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.L.7.5

CCSS.L.8.5

Concrete Language is

• Language that is not meant to be taken literal.

• The use of figurative speech.

• The use of words and phrases that elicit vivid images, sounds, actions, and sensation.

• The use of paper to publish words and phrases.

Tags

CCSS.L.3.5A

CCSS.RL.3.4

Visually descriptive language using the five senses.

• Rhyme

• Imagery

• Figurative language

• Metaphor

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.L.7.5

CCSS.L.8.5

Exaggerated statements not meant to be taken literal.

• Hyperbole

• Simile

• Alliteration

• Allusion

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.RL.2.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

Choose the type of figurative language used in the following sentence: The cold stabbed me like a knife.

• metaphor

• personification

• onomatopoeia

• oxymoron

Tags

CCSS.L.3.5A

CCSS.RL.3.4

Choose the type of figurative language used in the following sentence:

The monstrous German Shepherd lurched to its feet after hearing the screeching sound of the car tires.

​ (a)  

• imagery

• metaphor

• hyperbole

• oxymoron

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.L.7.5

CCSS.L.8.5

Write a sentence to describe the picture using any type of figurative languge:

alliteration

hyperbole

onomatopoeia

simile

metaphor

idiom

personification

Please IDENTIFY the type you used.

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.RL.2.4

CCSS.RL.7.4