How do I add descriptive adjectives
to my sentences for details?
Lazy writers use the same words because it’s easier. That's because thinking of new words takes brainpower! Plus, spelling for new words can present problems.
Your goal today is to find new descriptive words to use in your writing. The following paragraph is filled with “Seeing” sentences that include colorful words.
TASK: Use a dictionary or a thesaurus to find more descriptive words for each of the italicized words. Rewrite the paragraph with your replacement words.
After you have read the passage, and completed the
task using your thesaurus to find more words, click the highlighted word
link to check your list. Have you found more words to use?
Congratulations!
| Harsh thunder roared and white
lightning
flashed in the dark sky. Big gusts of
wind blew large tree branches and trash around the
old
house. Dark clouds gathered and began to drop rain
on the dry ground turning it into brown mud.
An old man ran passed me on the sidewalk to the old
house.
When I reached the porch, my eyes turned to look at the big storm. The rain poured down in such thick sheets that I couldn’t see the curving street in front of my house. I looked at the heavy rain and the dark clouds and wished that the big storm would go away. Then, I shook my head, opened the heavy door, and went quietly inside. |
old house:
aged house
forgotten house
antique house
decayed house
deteriorated house
dilapidated house