Descriptive Techniques

Descriptive Techniques

9th Grade

10 Qs

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Descriptive Techniques

Descriptive Techniques

Assessment

Quiz

English

9th Grade

Hard

CCSS
RL.2.4, L.4.5A, RL.7.4

+6

Standards-aligned

Created by

Margaret Anderson

FREE Resource

10 questions

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1.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What technique is in this sentence: Rows upon rows of trees stood patiently waiting for the rain.

Simile

Metaphor

Personification

Power of three

Tags

CCSS.RL.2.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

2.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What techniques is in this sentence: Her smile grew and grew and grew until she couldn't smile anymore.

Repetition

Alliteration

Simile

Personification

Tags

CCSS.RL.2.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

3.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What technique is in this sentence: Dragging her heavy feet behind her the girl could hear a melody of squelching and sloshing.

Simile

Onomatopoeia

Power of three

Repetition

Tags

CCSS.RL.2.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

4.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What technique is in this sentence: A golden waterfall of hair trickled gently down her back.

Power of three

Personification

Simile

Metaphor

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

What technique is in this sentence: The room was empty, bare and abandoned.

Power of three

Simile

Metaphor

Personification

Tags

CCSS.RL.2.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

6.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What technique is in this sentence: His smile was like a crooked old chimney that hadn't been used in hundreds of years.

Metaphor

Simile

Onomatopoeia

Personification

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

7.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What technique is in this sentence: Hundreds of hurrying hares hounded through the howling winds.

Simile

Onomatopoeia

Alliteration

Metaphor

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.RL.2.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

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