JeopardyDescriptive Writing:

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Sentences: Vocabulary:

$100 Question from Descriptive Writing:

To help readers imagine a scene or event, what type of details should you include?

$100 Answer from Descriptive Writing

Sensory 

$200 Question from Descriptive Writing

What is the first step in descriptive writing?

$200 Answer from Descriptive Writing

Brainstorm

$300 Question from Descriptive Writing

Why is gathering many descriptive details helpful in your writing?

$300 Answer from Descriptive Writing

It supports the overall impression of what you want the reader to feel, hear, see, etc.

$400 Question from Descriptive Writing

This type of writing gives a clear, detailed picture of one person, place, thing, or event.

$400 Answer from Descriptive Writing

Descriptive writing

$500 Question from Descriptive Writing

Descriptive writing often contains many adjectives and/or vivid details. Using the following sentence, list the adjectives or vivid words used.

He looked suddenly stricken, shrunken, immensely old, as though the frightful impact of the crash had fully paralyzed him.

$500 Answer from Descriptive Writing

stricken, shrunken, immensely old, frightful, fully

$100 Question from Sentences

What type of sentence is this an example of: He went to school, and he also took his road test.

$100 Answer from Sentences

Compound

$200 Question from Sentences

Identify where the commas belong: Spanish French and German are the languages most often taught in schools today but Chinese English and Hindi are the languages spoken by the most people in the world.

$200 Answer from Sentences

Spanish, French, today, Chinese, English,

$300 Question from Sentences

Hummed up down the stairs. What is the problem with this sentence?

$300 Answer from Sentences

It’s a fragment and has no subject.

$400 Question from Sentences

How can you combine these sentences by using a series? The room is quiet. The room is dark. It is cold.

$400 Answer from Sentences

The room is quiet, dark, and cold.

$500 Question from Sentences

Correctly punctuate this sentence.

The mother yelled get the keys and please don’t forget to lock the door

$500 Answer from Sentences

yelled, “Get the keys, and please don’t forget to lock the door.”

$100 Question from Identify the Sense:

The apple was bright green, its skin polished and shining as it nestled in the fruit bowl.

$100 Answer from Identify the Sense

Sight

$200 Question from Identify the Sense

Although the consistency was the same as the previous glass, there was an acidic flavor he could not identify… although it seemed vaguelyfamiliar. 

$200 Answer from Identify the Sense

Taste

$300 Question from Identify the Sense

The loud wailing of the car alarm woke the whole neighborhood.

$300 Answer from Identify the Sense

Sound

$400 Question from Identify the Sense

She froze as the acrid stench filled the air, assaulting her nostrils and her throat with its foul flavor.

$400 Answer from Identify the Sense

Smell

$500 Question from Identify the Sense

The heat from the fire drove the girl back into the room.

$500 Answer from Identify the Sense

Touch

$100 Question from Vocabulary:

Which vocabulary word is best defined as ‘stretching your creative muscles?’

$100 Answer from Vocabulary

Prewriting

$200 Question from Vocabulary

What is the second step in the writing process?

$200 Answer from Vocabulary

Drafting

$300 Question from Vocabulary

Listing and clustering are two techniques used during this process.

$300 Answer from Vocabulary

Free writing

$400 Question from Vocabulary

This is the last read of your draft where you are looking for all possible mistakes.

$400 Answer from Vocabulary

Proofreading

$500 Question from Vocabulary

Explain the difference between revising and editing.

$500 Answer from Vocabulary

Revising is dealing only with content. Editing is correcting errors in spelling, mechanics, and grammar. 

$100 Question from Miscellaneous

What is the first step in the writing process?

$100 Answer from Miscellaneous

Pre-writing 

$200 Question from Miscellaneous

What is it called in your writing when you use the exact words spoken by your characters?

$200 Answer from Miscellaneous

Dialogue

$300 Question from Miscellaneous

What are the words then, next, finally examples of?

$300 Answer from Miscellaneous

Transitional words

$400 Question from Miscellaneous

Why are opening paragraphs important?

$400 Answer from Miscellaneous

They catch the reader’s attention.

$500 Question from Miscellaneous

In what step of the writing process would you replace vague details with more precise and descriptive details? 

$500 Answer from Miscellaneous

Revising

Final Jeopardy

What are the two main principles of descriptive writing?

Final Jeopardy Answer

Use specific, unique words. Show don’t tell.