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- 1. Multiple Choice
Which is the most appropriate vivid verb for the following sentence below?
With deeply furrowed eyebrows and glaring eyes, Mrs. Thompson_______________ orders to our class with a stern voice.
said
cried
blurted
explained
- 2. Multiple Choice
Can you define SUSPENSE?
Suspense is the climax of a story.
Suspense is when you use adjectives.
This is the INTENSE feeling that a reader experiences while waiting for the outcome of certain events.
This is the grand reveal in your story.
- 3. Multiple Choice
Identify the literary device used in the sentence below:
The pungent stench roamed the streets of Ridgetown.
Simile
Personification
Sensory detail
Alliteration
- 4. Multiple Choice
What is a vivid verb?
A word that describes a noun or pronoun.
A word that describes an action in a stronger way.
A word that explains a location.
A word that shows direction.
- 5. Multiple Choice
Identify a more vivid way to write the verb in the following sentence:
The hungry student ate his lunch in 10 seconds because he was starving.
protested
eating
drank
gobbled
- 6. Multiple Choice
What sense is being engaged most in this example:
The streets glistened like shiny ornaments after the rain.
Touch
Sight
Taste
Smell
- 7. Multiple Choice
Which is true about sensory details?
The purpose is to make writing more detailed and interesting.
They describe at least one of the 5 senses.
Both are true
- 8. Multiple Choice
Which of the following is a metaphor?
I was as angry as a raging bull.
Rhett and Link are the best YouTubers.
The classroom was a warzone after lunch time.
The dainty daffodils danced in the wind.
- 9. Multiple Choice
Which three sentences are examples of HYPERBOLE?
I've told you to clean your room a million times!
Yo mama so dumb, she thought a quarterback was a refund.
My son was crying so long that his tears nearly flooded the room.
He drove quickly across town to make his dentist appointment.
- 10. Multiple Choice
What is a narrative?
A research project
A story
Poetry
A biography
- 11. Multiple Choice
What is the first step of the writing process?
Revising and editing
Publishing
Brainstorming
Writing a rough draft
- 12. Multiple Choice
When a main character's problem is resolved, authors call that the _______________ of the story.
Introduction
Turning point
Rising Action
Resolution
- 13. Multiple Choice
It is a good idea to "hook" reader at the beginning of the story.
True
False
- 14. Multiple Choice
Which dialogue is punctuated correctly?
Give me the ball Hayley! It's my turn now! demanded Henry.
"Give me the ball Hayley!" It's my turn now! demanded Henry
"Give me the ball Hayley! It's my turn now! demanded Henry."
"Give me the ball Hayley! It's my turn now!" demanded Henry.
- 15. Multiple Choice
This sentence appeals to which sense?
The familiar tang of his grandmother’s cranberry sauce reminded him of his youth.
Touch
Sight
Smell
Taste
- 16. Multiple Choice
Which elements (parts) should be included in the beginning of a narrative text? Choose all that apply.
The problem/conflict
Details about the setting
Introducing the characters
The solution to the problem
- 17. Multiple Choice
Which point of view do you see these signal words?
I, me, we, us.
Second person
First person
Third person
- 18. Multiple Choice
Revise this: The forest was very beautiful.
The forest was enchanting.
The forest was big and majestic. There were trees everywhere.
The towering giants stretched from the dense, green foliage into the mesmerizing sky.
The forest made me very happy.
- 19. Multiple Choice
Revise this: He gave his orders to the men.
He shouted his orders at the men.
The lieutenant gave his orders to the people around him.
"Soldiers! Incoming! Get down! Get to cover!" commanded the lieutenant.
The lieutenant told his men to get down and to get to cover.
- 20. Multiple Choice
Revise this: He was so angry.
I had never seen him so angry.
He had an furious and dangerous look on his face as he raged around the room.
He shouted, cursed and hit the table.
His brow furrowed and his veins popped. He slammed his fist onto the table.
- 21. Multiple Choice
Which of the following is most suspenseful?
Behind the door was a giant, green bug.
Behind the door was a thousand poisonous snails.
Behind the door was an evil horse with red eyes.
She heard a growling noise behind the closed door.
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