DESCRIPTIVE LANGUAGE ACTIVITY

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Read each of the following DULL passages and rewrite using descriptive language. You may use a
thesaurus.

Example:
Dull - "My dog gets excited when it's time for her treat."
Descriptive – "Elizabeth's furry little body quivers with anticipation when she hears her cookie jar open. Her
tail is a blur and drops of drool glisten on her chin while she waits anxiously for her nightly Milkbone."

1. I have a terrible headache.

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2. That girl looks really angry.

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3. When we got lost in the country, we were so scared.

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4. I like the colors in that painting.

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5. The man's house is really dirty.

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6. This food is good.

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7. That boy/girl is cute.

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Now choose five words you used as descriptive language and list them. Use them in a paragraph to describe
something of your choosing in vivid detail:

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