Language Arts Descriptive Writing Assessment
1. Don has written the following paragraph describingice cream.
Ice cream is a frozen dessert that many people enjoy.   The treat comes in many flavors, from rich chocolate tobright pink strawberry.  Ice cream is often served withone or two sugary scoops on top of a crisp waffle cone.
Don is considering adding one of the followingsentences. 1. Ice cream comes in different kinds of containers.2. Ice cream is the best food in the world.3. Ice cream is sticky and sweet.4. Ice cream melts fast if it gets hot.Which sentence belongs in Don's paragraph?
Sentence 1
Sentence 2
Sentence 4
Sentence 3
A starfish may have dots or stripes on its body.
2. Lisa is writing a paragraph describing how a starfishlooks.
Which of the following sentences belong's in Lisa's paragraph?
A starfish is an amazing sea creature.
A starfish eats other small sea animals.
A starfish can move only a short distance in an hour.
3. Tina wrote in her journal about her brother's new petmouse.

Which of the following sentences describes the mouse?
The mouse has a special house in its cage.
My brother got a tiny brown mouse with pink ears fora pet.
The mouse ate almost all the sunflower seeds.
My brother has a small cage with a mouse in it.
An elephant weighs about eight tons.
It has thick, gray, wrinkled skin.
The elephant's head is large.
Scientists believe that elephants remember things 
for a long time. 
4. Paula wrote the following paragraph describingelephants.
Elephants are large animals.  An elephant weighs abouteight tons.  It has thick, gray, wrinkled skin.  The elephant's head is large.  Scientists believe that elephantsremember things for a long time.  The elephant's tailis small compared to the rest of its body.Which sentence does not belong in Paula's paragraph?
5. Sam has been told to write a description about petanimals.  He has chosen to write about his dog.  He is preparing a list of ideas that will help him describe his dog.
Which of the following ideas would not be correct in the list?
Why his dog loves him
How his dog looks
What his dog likes to eat
How his dog acts or wallks
My bedroom is beautiful and everyone likes it. 
6. Dulcea is writing a letter describing her new bed-room to her friend.
Which is the correct sentence for Dulcea to use in her letter to describe her bedroom?
My bedroom is at the end of a long hallway.
My bedroom is better than my old one.
My bedroom is large and has green carpet.
The butterfly may have traveled south for the winter.
The butterfly was yellow with black spots on its wings.
A butterfly is one of my favorite insects to draw.
That butterfly likes the flowers in my backyard.
7. Penny wrote the following paragraph telling aboutwhen she saw a butterfly.Yesterday, I was staring out of the window andsomething shiny caught my attention.  When I took acloser look, I saw it was a large, beautiful butterflyflying in front of a tree.  Slowly, it seemed to float downthe tree until it landed gently on a pink flower.  It rested on the flower for a long time and then just flew away.
Which sentence should Penny add to her paragraph?
My cousin wanted the costume when she saw it.
I tried on another costume last week that was almost
as pretty.
 It was bright blue with shiny purple beads. 
My mother gave me some money to buy it.
8. Dawn wrote a paragraph telling about what shebought at a garage sale.  Last week, I went to a garage sale.  A shiny, bright object caught my eye.  The light was coming from theglitter on the front of an old costume.  It was the most beautiful dress with long fancy ruffles.  It was just my size.Which sentence adds another detail to Dawn's paragraph?
9. Phil is writing a paragraph about the adventures onhis dad's boat.  Which sentence is a good detail abouthis dad's boat?
Dad's boat is tied to the dock.
Dad's big boat moved very fast in the water.
The fishing was good from the dock.
My three cousins and I stayed in the front.
I felt embarrassed when I first saw my costume.
Our teacher makes many of the costume for the
plays.
I wish my regular costume for the play was more like
my regular clothes.
My costume has a large hat with a feather in the
brim.
10. Brad wrote a paragraph about his costume.  Whichis the correct sentence for Brad to use in his paragraph to describe his costume? 
Fanning the petals with orange wings.
Searching for some delicious food.
Flying around the flowers in the yard.
Traveling from one yellow flower to another.
11. Read the following poem that Sara is writing for her poetry book.  Gently floating through the air, Like a cloud drifting slowly by, A butterfly. Landing smoothly on a flowerybloom, Like a leaf falling from a wintery tree, Abutterfly. 
If she wants to to add more lines to use vivid words, which of the following will she choose?
It was a bright red guitar with six strings on its longneck.
Incorrect option
It was a very pretty guitar with a really long neck.
Incorrect option
12. Russ is writing a paragraph about the present thathe received on his birthday.
(1) Tearing the bright red paper off of my presentseemed to take forever. (2) I knew it had to be somethingspecial because the box was so big. (3) When I finallyopened the box, I saw the most wonderful present in theworld. (4) It was a guitar.Which statement correctly rewrites sentence 4 adding descriptive detail?
Rose is a Sunday school teacher, sings in the church
choir.
Rose is a Sunday school teacher, and she sings in the
church choir.
Rose is a Sunday school teacher sing in the choir.
Rose is a Sunday school teacher, she sings in the 
choir.
13.  Which is the correct way to make the sentences below into one sentence?
Rose is a Sunday school teacher.She sings in the church choir.
Jackie loves to read scary books and listen to weird
music.
Lester is about two years older than Ralph.
Judy and John will bring sodas for the party.
Who will bring the paper plates?
14. Which sentence has a compound predicate?
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