Descriptive Language Flashcards

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1
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Hit by babies

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All day, he had been grabbed and thumped by little cousins who thought he was a climbing gym.

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2
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I carried my brother on my back

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I shifted my brother onto my back

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3
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I climbed the stairs

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I trudged up the stairs

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4
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Fought for a meat

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Fought over that one piece of meat as if they were in a boxing match

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5
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Take away the meat

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Snatched away the meat from his paws

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6
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She draws in detail

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She focused on drawing, stroke by stroke, delicately.

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7
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She left madly

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She stormed off like a mad mull

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I ate the pizza

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I eagerly gobbled up the piping hot pizza

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9
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Walk downstairs

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Scrambled, shuffled, staggered downstairs

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10
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Wind blew over her face & sun shines

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The cool, soothing wind blew gently over her face /
Warm breeze brushed against her face /
The sunlight embraced her, wind comforting and patting her head

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11
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Grass were moving

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Sounds of grass caressing each other peeked into my ears

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12
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She felt warmth

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Sunshine flooded her soul

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13
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Blue sky

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Crystal blue sky
There was no wind at all and the sky was a uniform pearly white

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14
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It was a quiet night

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The night on the street was dark and so quiet that you could hear a pin drop

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The room was dark. Only the lamp was shining.

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Formless shadows swallowed the room while the dim, flickering light of her lamp struggled to fight through the dark maw.

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16
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Said sadly

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Wailed
The word sounded hollow with disappointment

17
Q

Children

A

A band of munchkins

18
Q

She realized

A

The realization hit her

19
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The anticipation was high

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The anticipation among the crowd reached a fever pitch

20
Q

He did not talk to me for weeks

A

Weeks with no word from him

21
Q

He focused too much on

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He was too absorbed in/ too busy dwelling on

22
Q

Ignore fact

A

Turning a deaf ear to the news of …

23
Q

October passed and November came

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October extinguished itself in a rush of howling winds and driving rain and November arrived, cold as frozen iron, with hard frosts every morning and icy droughts that bit at exposed hands and faces.

24
Q

Plead

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Shoot a pleading look towards his mom

25
Q

Exhausted

A

She could not even lift up her feet

26
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Relieved

A

Mom let out a sigh, with a grin hanging on her face

27
Q

Sweating

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Sweat poured out of her body and onto the floor as if the house was taken over by a tsunami

28
Q

Shocked

A

She made her mouth form a perfect circle, while her eyes widened

29
Q

Sleepy

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Reached out for a yawn
Eyebrows knitted together, eyes squinting
Head lolled sideways
The book slipped from his slack grip and landed with a dull thud on the ground
He loved to curl up under a soft white cloud of sheets, rest his head on a marshmallow pillow, and luxuriate in the twilight world of slumber where life is exciting and dreams always come true

30
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Happy

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Her eyes sparkled with pure joy
Excitement went through her whole body
The corner of her lips tugged upwards
Then, in triumph, her heart leaped in merry and her eyes glittered

31
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The pizza was yummy

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With each bite as I savoured the medley of topics, my taste buds were instantly greed with an explosion of flavours

32
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Horrible person smiling

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She was smiling in a horrible, sickly, ominous way that I had come to associate with imminent misery

33
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Bloody face

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His hair was matted with concealed blood and his left eye had been reduced to a puffy slit amid a mass of purple outlet and black bruising

34
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Big eyes

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Horrible bulging eyes

35
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Beautiful hair

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Her dark hair was as sleek and glossy as an otter’s fur

36
Q

Sad

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She sighed, eyes dropping, lips pursed, the light in her eyes dimmed and died down.
Unbearable pain went straight towards my mind

37
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Scared

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I tried to scream, but my utter terror prevented me from making a sound

38
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Anxious

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His stomach did a back-flip
He was staring into the dregs of milk at the bottom of his empty cereal bowl as though seriously considering attempting to drown himself in them
I averted my eyes from everyone i knew

39
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Anger

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Blood rushed into her face. Sparks flew from her nostrils.