Precise Words and Imagery

True or false: the language is the vocabulary, precise nouns, sensory words, and vivid verbs that make the text more interesting

• True

• false

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CCSS.L.7.6

CCSS.W.7.2D

CCSS.L.6.6

CCSS.W.6.2D

CCSS.W.8.2D

Which words and phrases best show the sentimental tone in the passage below?

I got out of the old car and took a few halting steps up the driveway. A cloud of warmth drifted out of the window and embraced me like a comforting hug. I knew that smell: fresh bread that Papa had just taken from the oven. I heard the familiar pitch of his whistle as he slowly stirred tomato soup on the stovetop. I ran to open the screen door because, now, I knew where I was. I was home.

• "car", "tomato soup", and "door"

• "old", "halting", and "out the window"

• "driveway", "screen door" and "slowly stirred"

• "warmth", "comforting hug" and "home"

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CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

Which sentence has more imagery?

• The kids ran around outside for an hour.

• The tiny dog jumped and barked happily for the crunchy dog treat.

• Seven ducks slept in the park.

• The water bottle fell to the ground.

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CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.L.7.5

CCSS.L.8.5

How can you write this sentence MOST VIVIDLY?

The waves came into the shore.

• All day long, the blue waves crashed into the sand.

• The waves came into the shore with a great whooshing sound.

• The waves crashed and danced along the shore, moving up and down in a graceful and gentle rhythm like they were dancing.

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CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.L.7.5

CCSS.L.8.5

Which word is an example of the most precise language?

• Baffling

• Strange

• Weird

• Confusing

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CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RI.5.10

CCSS.RI.4.10

Marked by accuracy and attention to detail before it is looked at

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CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RI.5.10

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

An example of imagery - language you can imagine and picture in your mind

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CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.L.7.5

CCSS.L.8.5

Why do authors include imagery in their stories?

• To interest the reader

• To create images in the reader's mind as they read

• To make the story entertaining

• All of the above

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CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

Author's craft is...

• the language and techniques a writer uses

• the lesson or moral of a text

• what the text is mostly about

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CCSS.L.7.6

CCSS.W.7.2D

CCSS.W.6.2D

CCSS.L.8.6

CCSS.W.8.2D

Visualize means

• using words to move from one idea to the next

• being able to imagine or see the story from the words and way an author writes

• how an author feels

• how a reader feels

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CCSS.RI.6.10

CCSS.RI.7.10

CCSS.RL.6.10

CCSS.RL.7.10

CCSS.RL.8.10