Q.1
Choose the most effective description from the four options.
  • I remember the old market clearly - it was always crowded with customers and traders bargaining. I used to watch the action from a distance. Sometimes I would get an orange from the trader.
  • I remember the old market clearly - it was always crowded with customers and traders bargaining. The market was near to my school.
  • I remember the old market clearly - it was always crowded with customers and traders bargaining. I used to watch the action from a distance. Sometimes I would get an orange from the trader who was dealing in fruits and I used to suck the sweet, tangy flesh.
  • I remember the old market clearly - it was always crowded with customers and traders bargaining. I used to watch the action from a distance.
Q.2
Which of the following is the most effective piece of description?
  • The room was bright and airy.
  • The room was bright.
  • The room was bright and a strong smell of the cool breeze hung in the air.
  • There was a smell of air in the room.
Q.3
Descriptive writing should do what?
  • Appeal to senses.
  • Give details.
  • Provide descriptions.
  • All the above.
Q.4
Good descriptive writing uses which of the following?
  • Precise language.
  • Specific adjectives and nouns.
  • Strong action verbs.
  • All the above.
Q.5
Which is most descriptive sentence?
  • Kodaikanal is different from Chennai.
  • Kodaikanal is 4,000 feet above mean sea level while Chennai is at the mean sea level.
  • Kodaikanal's population is 36,500 while Chennai's population is 4,680,000.
  • The breeze from Kodaikanal Hills feels chilly while the Chennai sea breeze is dry.
Q.6
Good descriptive language is which of the following?
  • Frugal with words.
  • Succinct.
  • Extremely well organised.
  • Vague.
Q.7
What is the reason to write a descriptive essay?
  • To allow the reader to grasp the writer's idea through the reader's sense of sight, smell, taste, sound and touch.
  • To inform the reader about technical features.
  • To provide the reader with scientific details.
  • To appeal to the reader's liking for numbers.
Q.8
Which of the following can good descriptive writing use?
  • Analogies.
  • Metaphors.
  • Similes.
  • All the above.
Q.9
Which of the following sentences is most descriptive?
  • She came into the house.
  • She came into the house screaming and crying.
  • She entered the house.
  • She arrived at the house.
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