Deck 14: Description

Question 1

Which paragraph lacks a topic sentence

Answer 1

"My Teenage Son's Room"

Question 2

Which sentence in the paragraph about Karla should be omitted in the interest of paragraph unity ( Write the sentence number here. )

Answer 2

10 hearing sight

Question 3

Label as sight, touch, hearing, or smell all the sensory details in the following sentences taken from the three paragraphs. The first sentence is done for you as an example.
Smell sight
a. Sometimes a musty, half-sweet odor rose from the brown muck sight that collected around the green and yellow grass, but usually the sight touch air was clear, cool, and refreshing.
b. I only chuckled, my eyes fixed on the bobber that I was certain would soon plunge deep into the water as a large- mouth bass tugged on the line.
c. Her slender hands are tipped with long, polished nails.
d. That's the location of a white wicker clothes hamper, heaped with grass-stained jeans, sweat-stained T-shirts, and smelly socks.

Answer 3

b. I only chuckled, my eyes fixed on the bobber that I was certain would touch soon plunge deep into the water as a large-mouth bass tugged on the line.sight sight, touch
c. Her slender hands are tipped with long, polished nails sight sight
d. That's the location of a white wicker clothes hamper, heaped with grass-sight, smell smell stained jeans, sweat-stained T-shirts, and smelly socks.

Question 4

After which sentence in "Paradise Pond" are specific details needed

Question 5

Spatial signals ( above, next to, to the right, and so on) are often used to help organize details in a descriptive paragraph. List four space signals that appear in "My Teenage Son's Room ":

Question 6

The writer of "Karla" organizes the details by observing Karla in an orderly way. Which of Karla's features is described first _______________ Which is described last Check the method of spatial organization that best describes the paragraph:
_________ Interior to exterior
_________ Near to far
_________Top to bottom