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WorksheetsNarrative Writing: Revising and Editing
Total questions: 20
Worksheet time: 10mins
Revise this: The forest was very beautiful.
The forest was enchanting.
The forest made me very happy.
Redwoods stretched from the dense, green foliage into the blue sky.
The forest was big and majestic. There were trees everywhere.
Revise this: She thought the roller coaster was intense.
The wind swept her air and her eyes began to tear as she hurdled towards the loop.
The Incredicoaster is an intense roller coaster.
The roller coaster was scary!
The loop on the Incredicoaster scared her.
Revise this: He gave his orders to the men.
He shouted his orders at the men.
"Mortars! Incoming! Get down! Get to cover!"
The lieutenant gave his orders to the people around him.
The lieutenant told his men to get down and to get to cover.
Revise this: He was so angry.
I had never seen him so angry.
He had an furious and dangerous look on his face as he raged around the room.
He shouted, cursed and hit the table.
His brow furrowed and his veins popped. He slammed his fist onto the table.
Edit this: "I want pizza," she says.
"I want pizza," she claims.
"I want pizza," she shouts.
"I want pizza," she said.
"I want pizza," she explains.
Edit this: "The storm is approaching" he whispered.
"The storm is approaching." he whispers,
"The storm is approaching," he whispered.
"The storm is approaching," he whispers.
The storm is approaching, he whispers,
Edit this: She turns the wheel hard.
She is turning the wheel hard.
She turned the wheel hard.
She will turn the wheel hard.
She turn the wheel hard.
Which typeface should you write characters' thoughts in?
Normal Typeface
Bold
Underline
Italics
Which punctuation mark goes around dialogue?
,Commas,
"Quotation Marks"
'Apostrophes'
;Semi-Colons;
What punctuation mark goes at the end of most dialogue before the quotation mark?
"Colons:"
"Semi-Colons;"
"Commas,"
"Dashes-"
Which dialogue is formatted correctly?
"Is it this one?" they wondered.
"Is it this one" they wondered.
"Is it this one" they wondered."
Is it this one? they wondered.
Which of the following is a "telling" detail?
She lifted her collar.
She tightened her scarf.
She was very cold.
She turned her face from the biting wind.
Which of the following is a "telling" detail?
He yawned loudly.
He meandered down the hallway.
His eyes were puffy.
He was exhausted.
Which of the following is a "showing" detail?
It was fall.
It was August.
Leaves crunched beneath his feet.
It was pretty out.
Which of the following is a "showing" detail?
The boat was wild.
The ocean was scary.
The waves, intimidating and ferocious, affected the boat.
The deep-blue, frothy waves crashed onto the wooden deck.
When you're writing a conversation, you must:
Write it all in the same paragraph.
Start a new sentence when the speaker changes.
Start a new paragraph when the speaker changes.
Start a new page when the speaker changes.
Which of the following should you not always capitalize?
Proper Nouns: Names of people, cities, organizations, etc.
The personal pronoun "I" (example: "I believe...")
The first letter of the first word in a sentence.
Important words.
Which of the following is most suspenseful?
Behind the door was a giant, green bug.
Behind the door was an evil horse with red eyes.
Behind the door was a thousand poisonous snails.
She heard a growling noise behind the closed door.
Which verb tense is used in narrative writing?
Past (She ran towards the fire.)
Present (She runs towards the fire.)
Future (She will run towards the fire.)
Which of the following quotations is not formatted correctly?
"Is it this one?" he asked.
"No; maybe it's this one," she replied.
"We'll never get this right!" he exclaimed.
"We can always Google it" she said.
