Vivid and Precise Verbs

Look at the sentence.

Someone drove a car down the street.

Which rewrite is MOST precise and descriptive?

• There are a lot of cars that drive along my street.

• Someone drove a convertible down Green Street.

• A car roared down Green Street.

• A silver convertible roared down Green Street.

Which vivid verb should be used to replace the underlined verb in the sentence?

Shane walked down the hall to his class, unmotivated to to take his math test.

• hiked

• trudged

• ran

• skipped

Identify a more vivid way to write the verb in the following sentence: The boy found a sick cat in the woods and touched its fur to comfort it. 

• felt

• caressed 

• smelled

• admired

Identify a more vivid way to write the verb in the following sentence: The hungry student ate his lunch in 10 seconds because he was starving. 

• protested

• eating

• drank

• gobbled

Identify a more vivid way to write the verb in the following sentence: Her brothers and sisters told her to study harder so she can be successful.

• screamed

• tell

• encouraged

• talk to 

Vivid verbs help readers see what you are saying in your writing

• True

• False

Choose the best revision for the following sentence.

Sunbathers have put up their colorful umbrellas and they look like a rainbow across the warm sand.

• Sunbathers have popped up their colorful umbrellas, and they create a rainbow across the warm sand.

• Sunbathers have opened their colorful umbrellas and they notice a rainbow across the warm sand.

• Sunbathers have opened their colorful umbrellas and they observe a rainbow across the sand.

• Sunbathers have popped up their colorful umbrellas, and they make a rainbow across the sand.

Select all that apply. Which of the following are specified as Word Craft techniques?

• Imagery

• Details

• Word Choice

• Vivid Verbs

True or false: the language is the vocabulary, precise nouns, sensory words, and vivid verbs that make the text more interesting

• True

• false

Identify the vivid verb in the sentence below.

Jimmy sprinted to the park to get on the swings first.

• sprinted

• to

• park

• swings