Vivid Words

Which words could replace the tired adjective, keeping the meaning the same?

Awful rain storms caused floods.

• terrifying

• fearsome

• destructive

• welcome

• cooling

Choose the adjectives that best describe:

a _____ car bumper.

• rounded

• smooth

• soft

• sharp

Identify two vivid verbs in the following sentence that uses the most vivid verbs.

• Hilda shut and locked the door.

• Hilda closed and really locked the door.

• Hilda slammed the door and secured the lock.

• Hilda slammed the door so hard.

Identify a more vivid way to write the verb in the following sentence: The teacher walked through the cafeteria during lunch. 

• the sentence already contains a vivid verb

• strolled

• goes

• went

Identify a more vivid way to write the verb in the following sentence: The hungry student ate his lunch in 10 seconds.

• ate

• chewed

• ate really fast

• gobbled

Identify the vivid verb in the sentence.

We hollered at the fans to remove their hats.

• hollered

• fans

• at

• their

Identify the vivid verb in the sentence.

The girls giggled at the silly movie.

• giggled

• movie

• silly

• girls

Identify the vivid verb in the sentence.

He captured the victory when he got to the last level.

• captured

• victory

• got

• level

The man barked at James about how the restaurant had messed up the order.

Which word is the VIVID VERB?

• James

• restaurant

• order

• barked

What is the best example of vivid language in this poem?

• "It flitter-twitters

• "The loudness in the road"

• "To be some otherwhere"

• "Still white as milk or shirts, so beautiful it hurts..."