Descriptive Details
Grade 2 - Writing - Building Confidence

NameDate
Which sentence uses a descriptive detail to show a bakery?
- a cold soccer ball
- Something happened at the place.
- Sweet cinnamon smell floated from the oven.
- The place was there.
Which detail helps the reader smell the bakery?
- sweet cinnamon from the oven
- something very nice
- a cold soccer ball
- a regular thing nearby
Replace the dull sentence "The bread was good." Which sentence adds clearer detail?
- The bread was warm and crusty.
- The thing was there.
- It was very good.
- The bakery was good.
Which word best describes the shell in a sentence?
- maybe
- smooth
- today
- because
Which sentence includes a detail about how a character feels?
- Soft snow covered the fence like a white blanket.
- a loud whistle in the gym
- The yard was pretty.
- Lena laughed when her boots sank into the snow.