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.

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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?

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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?

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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.