Descriptive Techniques

Descriptive Techniques

1st - 5th Grade

12 Qs

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Descriptive Techniques

Descriptive Techniques

Assessment

Quiz

English

1st - 5th Grade

Practice Problem

Hard

CCSS
L.4.5, L.4.5A, L.3.1A

+18

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12 questions

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1.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

This is two (or more) words in a row beginning with the same letter.


E.g. The waves washed against the white shore.

alliteration

onomatopoeia

sibilance

imagery

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.RL.2.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

2.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Words that sound like the noise they are trying to describe.


e.g. snap, bang, crackle, zip, buzz

onomatopoeia

verb

metaphor

pathetic fallacy

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.L.7.5

CCSS.L.8.5

3.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Something that is similar, it is ‘like’ or ‘as’ something else.


e.g. The moon is like a white balloon in the sky

simile

metaphor

personification

onomatopoeia

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

4.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

An image in which the writer refers to one thing as being another.


e.g. The moon is a big, white balloon in the sky.

metaphor

simile

personification

pathetic fallacy

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

5.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Repetition of the ‘s’ sound which creates a hissing effect.


e.g. Sing a song of sixpence

sibilance

alliteration

onomatopoeia

imagery

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.RL.2.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

6.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Using descriptive words, especially the 5 senses, to form a picture in the reader’s mind.


e.g. A plump soft egg oozed warm yellow yolk over the freshly-baked bread

imagery

pathetic fallacy

simile

sibilance

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.L.7.5

CCSS.L.8.5

7.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Giving something non-human human characteristics.


e.g. The trees whispered as I walked by.

personification

simile

metaphor

pathetic fallacy

Tags

CCSS.L.6.5A

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