Descriptive Writing Crossword

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Across
  1. 2. — A writing technique where writers describe rather than tell.
  2. 5. — Descriptive writing that helps readers visualize.
  3. 6. — A comparison that says one thing is another.
  4. 8. — Details that describe touch, smell, sound, taste, or sight.
  5. 10. — Dramatic overstatement.
  6. 12. — Sentences that praise a writer’s strengths (celebratory feedback).
  7. 14. — The type of language used to make writing vivid and expressive.charades — Acting out vocabulary words without speaking.
  8. 15. — A challenge where students intentionally write vague descriptions.
Down
  1. 1. — A short drawing activity where students draw based on spoken descriptions.
  2. 3. — A group of descriptive words students add to a story during the final party.
  3. 4. — The overall feeling a writer creates.
  4. 7. — A game where students draw/describe objects without naming them.
  5. 9. — A prompt type used in Speed-Dating (“Describe a ___”).
  6. 11. — The type of sentence used to begin stories during Story Pass.
  7. 13. — Descriptive comparison using “like” or “as.”