Descriptive Language

Which of the following adds interest, detail, and voice to writing?

Select TWO correct answers.

• setting

• vivid verbs

• sensory language

• characters

• conflict

Tags

CCSS.L.6.6

CCSS.L.7.6

CCSS.W.5.2D

CCSS.W.6.2D

CCSS.W.7.2D

Which of the following provide details in writing that paint a picture in the mind of a reader and appeal to the 5 senses?

• vivid verbs

• sensory language

• figurative language

• colorful language

Tags

CCSS.L.6.6

CCSS.L.7.6

CCSS.RI.5.4

CCSS.W.6.2D

CCSS.W.7.2D

Which of the following allows the reader to clearly imagine character actions?

• vivid verbs

• figurative language

• sensory language

• creative language

Tags

CCSS.L.6.6

CCSS.RI.5.4

CCSS.W.5.2D

CCSS.W.6.2D

CCSS.W.7.2D

Which of the following are examples of figurative language?

• simile

• hyperbole

• metaphor

• all of the above

Tags

CCSS.L.3.5A

CCSS.RL.3.4

The next day when I got home from school, I discovered draped on my bedpost a jacket the color of day-old guacamole.

The underlined statement is an example of a---

• vivid verb

• figurative language

• sensory language

• simile

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

I was a small kid, thin as a young tree, and it would be years before I'd have a new one.

The underlined statement is an example of a---

• vivid verb

• figurative language

• sensory language

• simile

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.L.7.5

CCSS.L.8.5

I stared at the jacket, like an enemy, thinking bad things before I took off my old jacket, whose sleeves climbed halfway to my elbow.

The underlined statement is an example of a---

• metaphor

• figurative language

• sensory language

• simile

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

I put my hands in the pockets and flapped the jacket like a bird's wings.

The author's use of a simile emphasizes---

• how much the narrator wanted to fly

• how comfortable the jacket was

• how large the jacket was

• how versitile the jacket was

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

I hurled orange peels at the mouth of an open garbage can, and when the peels were gone I watched the white puffs of my breath thin to nothing.

Which of the following words is used as a vivid verb?

• orange

• open

• nothing

• hurled

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.L.7.5

CCSS.L.8.5

I pushed Brownie away to study the tear as I would a cut on my arm.

The underline word is an example of a---

• vivid verb

• figurative language

• simile

• vivid details

Tags

CCSS.RI.4.5

CCSS.RI.5.5

CCSS.RI.6.5

CCSS.RI.7.5

CCSS.RI.8.5