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Use these resources to help writing your memoirs!

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By the end of the lesson, students will be able to identify, understand, and use descriptive terms and personification in their writing, aligning with the standard 5.T.T.1.e.

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Students will work to identify descriptive terms and personification in an online worksheet.

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Personification Worksheet 1 | Figurative Language Activity

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Here's a fun, free, and awesome online activity about Personification Worksheet 1. Read the text, take the test, share your results! Did I mention it's free?

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Students will share what they learned about descriptive terms and how it improved their writing.

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Discuss what descriptive terms are and how they enhance both writing and speaking. Provide examples "The girl's yellow sparkling flowed in the wind."

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Here's a list of descriptives words to help!

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Descriptive words help paint a picture in the reader's mind. They can be adjectives, adverbs, or participles that describe the subjects or actions of your sentence.

Using descriptive words can bring characters to life in a novel or short story, sell an item in a product advertisement, convince an audience in a persuasive writing piece, explain the setting of a news story, or provide instructions for a DIY project. Using illustrative descriptors makes your writing impossible to put down because your sentences are more vivid.

For example, the sentence "It was windy," might give the reader information, but it's not very descriptive. Instead, you could use descriptive words like:

gusty

torrential

breezy

windswept

Adjectives as Descriptive Words

Adjectives are descriptive words that modify nouns. They're what you need to tell the difference between an acrobatic cat, a delirious cat,and a precious cat (or maybe a cat that's all three).

Adverbs as Descriptive Words Participles as Descriptive Words

You can even use verbs as describing words - although they're called participles in that context. Past participles end in -ed or -en, present participles end in -ing, and they all look like descriptive words that you probably use all the time.

Describing Our World With Words

When it comes to using descriptive words, variety is key. Go beyond the list of adjectives, adverbs, and participles above to help you set the scene with just the right imagery.

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List of Descriptive Words: Adjectives, Adverbs, & Participles

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Spice up your writing with this list of descriptive words. Get some inspiration for adding extra detail and personality into your vocabulary.

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What are descriptive terms and how does personification enhance writing?

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Students will also post their link of their finished storyboard and react to another students storyboard.