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Descriptive Paragraph Self Study
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20 Questions

1. Which of the following best describes the type of language used in a descriptive
paragraph?

A Abstract and philosophical B Vivid and detailed

C Brief and direct D Technical and jargon-heavy

2. What is the main purpose of a descriptive paragraph?

To summarize a complex concept To provide a chronological sequence

A B
of events

To argue a specific point To create a mental image in the

C D
reader's mind

3. Descriptive text may describe a particular object like a place, scene or graph

A False B True

4. What makes good descriptive writing?

Use of specific adjectives and nouns Many vivid details

A B
and strong action verbs

C Details that paint a picture D options a, b and c

5. A controlling idea in a descriptive paragraph...

tells the reader to take a specific gives an overall picture of the topic.
A B
action.

C states the topic.

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6. Which of the following is an appropriate topic for a descriptive paragraph?

A a comparison of different trains B what a train looks and smells like

an opinion that a train is better than a

C
bus

7. Which sentence describes how a sewing machine sounds?

The needle moves up and down The top of the machine has many
A B
rapidly, making a tapping noise. silver parts.

The electric sewing machine was a

C
great invention.

8. Choose the best supporting sentence for this topic sentence from a descriptive
paragraph:
Life during the Industrial Revolution was challenging.

Life was also challenging during the Life was easier than it had been on
A B
Great Depression in the 1930s. farms.

Many children worked in crowded

C factories that were often dusty and
dirty.

9. Choose the best supporting sentence for this topic sentence from a descriptive
paragraph:
James Watt was a Scottish man who helped invent the steam engine.

Edinburgh is the capital of Scotland. Many other important inventions were

A B
developed around the same time.

He used cold water to produce power

C
for this complicated machine.

10. Which of the following best describes a pet?

A good cat B soft furry rabbit

C nice and big dog

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11. What is the reason to write a descriptive paragraph?

To appeal to the reader's liking for To allow the reader to understand the
A numbers B writer's idea through the use of
descriptive language

To provide the reader with scientific To inform the reader about technical
C D
details. features.

12. "My most valuable possession is an old, slightly warped blond guitar―the first
instrument I taught myself how to play."
What is the topic (described object)?

A old, slightly warped blond guitar B my possessions

C the first instrument I have ever played D my most valuable possession

13. “The defining characteristics of Spider-Man are his youthfulness, New York City,
and the fact that he talks to himself more than Hamlet.”
Reading the topic sentence above, which supporting details are likely to be used
throughout the whole paragraph?

A Spiderman's youthfulness B New York City

C Spiderman's talking to himself D all the options

14. "For many reasons, the dark forest is my greatest fear, though not a fear which I
would necessarily like to venture into."
What is the topic?

15. Topic sentence: “Even though the monarchy is long gone, Buckingham Palace
serves to remind us of the aesthetic beauty which that era had built.”
What can be the main idea of this paragraph?

how Buckingham palace is a place The beauty of the Royal family

A B
reminding its era

C The relations of Royal family D how old Buckingham Palace is

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16. Which words have a similar meaning? There is more than one answer.

A stability B decrease

C decline D fall

17. Which word has a similar meaning to variation?

A fluctuation B stability

C rise D growth

18. Which words can be grouped together?

A growth B rise

C increase D drop

19. Which word has a similar meaning to significant? (e.g. significant

difference/increase)

A stable B considerable

C sudden D sharp

20. A writer describes the smell of a forest fire. Which of the following would be a good
detail to include?

the fear that she has about the fire the number of times she's been to the
A B
spreading forest

the strong and smoky smell reminds the number of forests that there are in
C D
her of toasting marshmallows town

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Answer Key

1. b 2. d 3. b 4. d

5. b 6. b 7. a 8. c

9. c 10. b 11. b 12. d

13. d 14. my greatest 15. a 16. d, c, b

fear

17. a 18. b, a, c 19. b 20. c

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