Complete the sentence: Descriptive writing is like...?

Painting a picture in the reader's mind

Which of these describes simile?

Saying something is like something

If you don't include it in your writing...?

The examiner won't be able to mark it & you will lose marks

Which of these describes metaphor?

Describing something as being something else

Which of these describes alliteration?

Successive words that begin with the same sound

Which of these describes personification?

Giving human emotions or actions to an inanimate object

Which of these sentences contains an adjective?

She looked into his blue eyes and cried

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A re-cap on descriptive writing and a revisitation of the skills and techniques

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1
Complete the sentence: Descriptive writing is like...?
Summarising a text
Painting a picture in the reader's mind
so boring
Telling a story
2
Which of these describes simile?
Successive words that begin with the same sound
Giving human emotions or actions to an inanimate object
Saying something is like something
Describing something as being something else
3
If you don't include it in your writing...?
The examiner won't be able to mark it & you will lose marks
The examiner will take pity on you and give you marks anyway
The exam fairies will add it in later
It won't matter because you're a nice person
4
Complete the sentence: The driver stopped the bus _______________.
Now
Excitedly
Abruptly
Financially
5
What must you include in your descriptive piece?
All of them
Clear, effective images
Metaphor, simile, personification and alliteration
All the 5 senses
6
Which of these describes metaphor?
Describing something as being something else
Giving human emotions or actions to an inanimate object
Saying something is like something
Successive words that begin with the same sound
7
Which of these describes alliteration?
Successive words that begin with the same sound
Saying something is like something
Giving human emotions or actions to an inanimate object
Describing something as being something else
8
Which of these describes personification?
Successive words that begin with the same sound
Describing something as being something else
Saying something is like something
Giving human emotions or actions to an inanimate object
9
Which of these sentences contains an adjective?
She looked at him and cried
She cried hard
She is crying
She looked into his blue eyes and cried
10
What does a narrative have that a description doesn't?
Protagonist
Simile
Metaphor
Personification

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