Descriptive writing
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13 questions
Watch the video to learn how to make your work more descriptive and interesting. You will write a paragraph at the end about your experience going outside this past Monday (Early Release Day).
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Using the 5 senses, write 5 sentences total using each sense to describe the picture.
Using the 5 senses, write 5 sentences total using each sense to describe the picture.
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Using the highlighter tool, highlight the vivid verbs and adjectives that you find.
Using the highlighter tool, highlight the vivid verbs and adjectives that you find.
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"Slowly, the bright blue sea crawls towards the golden sand" is an example of what type of figurative language?
"Slowly, the bright blue sea crawls towards the golden sand" is an example of what type of figurative language?
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Using your five senses and figurative language (simile, metaphor, personification), write 2-3 sentences about the scene.
Using your five senses and figurative language (simile, metaphor, personification), write 2-3 sentences about the scene.
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Highlight the examples of personification.
Highlight the examples of personification.
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Highlight a phrase that stands out to you. Use the textbox to explain why the phrase is effective in its description.
Highlight a phrase that stands out to you. Use the textbox to explain why the phrase is effective in its description.
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Read this example that uses the senses. Using the tool, draw a line to the identified sense.
Read this example that uses the senses. Using the tool, draw a line to the identified sense.
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Using textboxes, write your observations here.
Using textboxes, write your observations here.
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Type out about 5-6 simple sentences about what you saw, heard, smelled, touched, and tasted.
Type out about 5-6 simple sentences about what you saw, heard, smelled, touched, and tasted.
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Using the previous sentences, how can you be more descriptive about your experience? Add vivid verbs and adjective. Use imagery to paint a picture. Write 8 or more sentences to describe the time outside.
Using the previous sentences, how can you be more descriptive about your experience? Add vivid verbs and adjective. Use imagery to paint a picture. Write 8 or more sentences to describe the time outside.
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Taking what you previously wrote, add a metaphor, simile, and personification to the paragraph. Do you remember seeing the ants swarming when we disturbed their home? What did the blue sky remind you of?
Taking what you previously wrote, add a metaphor, simile, and personification to the paragraph. Do you remember seeing the ants swarming when we disturbed their home? What did the blue sky remind you of?
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Let's take a look. Click all that you do have. Fix what is missing.
Let's take a look. Click all that you do have. Fix what is missing.
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Type your completed paragraph. It should be 10 sentences or more.
Type your completed paragraph. It should be 10 sentences or more.