Descriptive Adjectives

Practice using descriptive adjectives for the senses to prepare for writing a narrative.

1. Descriptive Adjectives

2. When you write a narrative… Better to use strong adjectives than boring ones. Boring: 😐 nice, good, bad, easy, loud, big Interesting: 😎 delicious, superb, atrocious, effortless, thunderous, immense

3. Your Writing Assignment will be a narrative . You will be required to use descriptive adjectives that refer to the senses (sight, sound, touch, taste, smell). Here is a highly recommended reference for synonyms: thesaurus.com

4. Practice recognizing descriptive adjectives You will see 8 adjectives displayed and a sense category (like sight, smell, etc.) Choose the 2 adjectives that do NOT refer to that sense category. After you make your choice, go to the next slide to check yourself. Use a dictionary like SpanishDict.com if you don’t know some of the words.

5. Which two words do not apply to sound . deafening juicy mysterious shrill high muffled round soft

6. Which two words do not apply to sound . deafening juicy mysterious shrill high muffled round soft X X

7. Which two words do not apply to sight . bright glamorous narrow square damp golden noisy steep

8. Which two words do not apply to sight . bright glamorous narrow square damp golden noisy steep X X

9. Which two words do not apply to smell . fragrant red spicy sweaty friendly smoky strong sweet

10. Which two words do not apply to smell . fragrant red spicy sweaty friendly smoky strong sweet X X

11. Which two words do not apply to taste . bitter delicious salty dusty dark fresh sour sweet

12. Which two words do not apply to taste . bitter delicious salty dusty dark fresh sour sweet X X

13. Which two words do not apply to touch . bumpy green rough warm delicious icy soft wet

14. Which two words do not apply to touch . bumpy green rough warm delicious icy soft wet X X

15. Practice using descriptive adjectives You are going to see a series of sentences that form a story. You will see a selection of adjectives to choose from. Choose the best adjective for the context. Write your answer on paper first; then, when you are finished with the exercise, enter your answers in Moodle.

16. deafening high muffled mysterious shrill soft With a __________ scream, I woke myself up from the nightmare.

17. bumpy rough warm icy soft wet Shocked and suddenly wide awake, I laid still and wondered where I was. The air was ________ and ________, and I shivered under the blankets.

18. bright glamorous narrow square golden steep Coming under the curtains was the ________ light of dawn.

19. bumpy rough warm icy soft wet I realized that I was in my own ________ bed.

20. fragrant spicy sweaty smoky strong sweet My breathing slowed down, and I felt calmer. Inhaling, I could smell the ________ bacon cooking downstairs.

21. deafening mysterious shrill high muffled soft I could hear the _______ sounds of people talking in the kitchen.

22. Now enter your answers in Moodle.