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WorksheetsContents of a Descriptive text
Total questions: 15
Worksheet time: 12mins
This refers to the writer’s use of vivid and descriptive language that appeal to the senses in order to add depth to his/her work.
Description
Imagery
Senses
Symbols
IMAGERY
What sentence best describes the sense of smell?
I walked to the door as the twigs snapped from the harsh winds.
It was the sweet, cotton candy breeze that attracted me to stay at the old house.
Nothing beats the chewy toffee that my mom bakes for Christmas.
I understand how the rough edges can scar a smooth skin.
IMAGERY
What sentence best describes the sense of hearing?
Every Saturday, Mrs. Publish would chatter and clutter in her kitchen with her five kittens.
I never understood how leaning down, inhaling dumps of air, and holding your breath can stop hiccups.
Can somebody tell her that the bitter-sweet dish is delightful?
He is trying to prove how the candescent glass cuts through the eyes of an unprotected viewer.
IMAGERY
What sentence best describes the sense of taste?
I am amazed at how bitingly sour those clothes were.
The steam rose from the road as I sniffed the trace of burning asphalt.
Yennifer proved that her body can swiftly move with the wind.
Chocolate syrup exploded as I took a bite of the cream-coated candy bar.
IMAGERY
Which one of the five senses is used in this sentence? The wolf howled painfully over the loss of his mate.
Sight
Sound
Touch
Taste
IMAGERY
The tiny red ant climbed up the broken limb. Which sense is being described?
Sight
Sound
Smell
Hear
FIGURATIVE LANGUAGES
What are the two things being compared in the following sentence?
I am as hungry as a bear recently awakened from hibernation.
"I" and "hungry"
"I" and "a hungry bear awakened from hibernation"
"Bear" and "hibernation"
"hungry" and "hibernation"
FIGURATIVE LANGUAGES
What is the meaning of the following simile?
"as hungry as a bear recently awakened from hibernation"
Someone is really hungry
Someone is slightly sleepy
Someone is extremely sleepy.
Someone is slightly hungry.
FIGURATIVE LANGUAGES
Identify the metaphor.
Fruit is fuel for a healthy body.
He was as tall as a skyscraper.
He was as fast as a cheetah.
The toddler was like a wild monkey.
FIGURATIVE LANGUAGES
Identify the simile.
The busy store is a beehive.
He was a broken record.
The hurricane was a monster.
Float like a butterfly, sting like a bee.
FIGURATIVE LANGUAGES
Identify the correct figurative language.
My dad has iron hands that could lift a ten-story building.
IRONY
HYPERBOLE
FIGURATIVE LANGUAGES
Identify the correct figurative language.
The dentist suffers from a disturbing toothache.
IRONY
HYPERBOLE
What are the contents of the Introduction when writing a Descriptive text?
topic sentence
impactful quotation/information
specific and particular information
What are the contents of the Body paragraph when writing a Descriptive text?
Figurative languages
descriptive details
opinions and facts
What are the contents of a Concluding paragraph when writing a Descriptive text?
restatement of the topic statement
summarization of the whole content
introducing the topic again
