My teacher created a paper of words and adjectives to help make your writing better. I've decided to help you and post what he wrote on here. -Melanie
Helping Words:
is am was were be being been are have has had can could shall should will would may might do does
Substitutes for Very:
intensely unusually immeasurably slightly exceedingly truly infinitely incredibly bitterly richly severely fully surely mightily chiefly especially powerfully shockingly
Dead Words:
get got very nice your you good just lots a lot well fine so fun great every
Prepositions:
about along behind beyond for near over to upon above among below by from of since toward with across around beneath down in off past under within against at beside during into on through until without after before between except inside out throughout up
Linking Verbs:
is am was are were be been being appears tastes grows turns remains sounds feels seems continues becomes
Touch:
cool steamy slippery silky rough fragile furry cold damp mushy gritty thick tender icy wet oily satiny pulpy prickly lukewarm fleshy crisp sandy dry hairy tepid rubbery elastic smooth dull fuzzy warm tough leathery sharp thin feathery
Taste:
tangy rotten spicy bittersweet ripe gingery unripe peppery flat bland hot raw oily hearty sour burnt alkaline buttery mellow tasteless overripe medicinal salty sugary fruity spoiled fishy bitter crisp vinegary
Smell:
sweet acrid musty reeking fresh fishy minty stagnant gaseous mildewed sharp sour acidy fragrant tempting heady rotten spoiled sickly pungent aromatic savory dank gamy scented burnt perfumed putrid stench piney odorous mouldy spicy damp earthy rancid
Sounds:
crash bang shout bawl stomp clash bedlam melody sigh patter bleat still thud smash yell rage stamp clamor pandemonium inaudible murmur hum peep speechless bump explode whistle blare nose tumult hubbub piercing whisper mutter buzz mute thump roar whine rumble discord riot blatant rowdy whit snap zing faint boom scream squawk slam jangle racket deafening disorderly rustle hiss gurgle inaudible thunder screech bark clap rasp brawl raucous earsplitting twitter crackle swish melody
Sight:
flashy branching thin scalloped flared tubular swollen jutting fiery miniature frightened hardy orderly exhausted worn dull formal twiggy shapely ruffled oval hollow lumpy irregular blazing pale timid terrified strong straight tired old drab frail split winged frilled conical rotund clustered proportioned verdant pasty shy hysterical healthy curved ugly used muddy elegant broken shapeless crimpted cylindrical chubby padded angular fresh sickly fearful tall robust loose cheap tied stout scrolled skinny rolled crinkled wiry portly tufted triangular clean small tearful lean sturdy crooked messy packed wide tampering square unruffled calm sunny pleasant pendulous wild scrubbed tiny nervous slender lively awkward shabby rigid heavy
Colours:
Brown:
sandy almond amber tawny hazel cinnamon nutmeg chocolate coffee rust
White:
snowy milky marble cream ivory oyster pearl silver platinum
Grey:
ashed dove steel
Yellow:
beige buff straw peach apricot butter buttercup lemon chartreuse citron canary
Red:
rose pink salmon coral raspberry strawberry tomato currant crimson vermillion flame ruby
Blue:
sapphire delft porcelain turquoise aqua violet peacock
Purple:
lavender lilac orchid mauve plum mulberry pansy fuchsia magenta
Green:
celery mint apple lime sage
Orange:
gold topaz ochre mustard tangerine persimmon
Fast:
hurry skip run dart scamper scramble
Slow:
creep slouch saunter slink sneak crawl bend loiter stalk lumber plod tiptoe stray edge
Action Words:
aching bashing bubbling beeping beaming blistering blinking blaring blinding battering bickering babbling crowing clucking creeping crackling coughing clanking chugging chatting clucking crunching cackling chanting crooning dribbling dazzling drifting dribbling dancing engulfing entertaining flailing fuming floating flowing flapping flaring flittering flopping flickering glistening grinding gunning gliding glaring glowing glittering groaning hooting hissing inviting jumping jerking kissing kicking laughing leaping lighting loaning mumbling mocking moaning munching nailing nicking popping pouncing pattering piling pounding plopping peeping quacking reflecting roaring rattling rumbling shimmering shrieking sloshing sputtering sprinkling slapping sizzling soaring spinning squawking sparking smoking splashing streaking smashing scolding sailing tilling thumping thundering twinkling whipping whisking whirring wailing winking wheezing whistling yapping yelling zooming
Synonyms for Said:
acknowledged acquiesced added addressed admitted admonished advised advocated affirmed agreed alleged allowed announced answered approved argued assented asserted assumed assured asked attested avowed babbled bantered bargained began boasted called claimed commented complained confided contradicted cried debated decided demurred denied denounced described dictated directed disclosed disrupted divulged drawled droned elaborated emphasized enjoined entreated enunciated estimated exclaimed explained exposed expressed faltered feared foretold fumed giggled grinned grunted held implied indicated inferred instructed itemized laughed lectured lied maintained mentioned mimicked moaned mumbled murmured mused muttered nagged narrated noted notified objected observed pined orated ordered petitioned pleaded pled pointed out prayed predicted proclaimed professed prompted propounded publicized quibbled ranted reassured reciprocated refuted related remonstrated repeated replied responded restated resumed retorted returned reveal roared ruled sanctioned scoffed scolded screamed shouted shrieked snapped sneered sobbed solicited specified spoke sputtered stammered stated stipulated stormed stressed suggested taunted thought threatened told twitted urged uttered vowed wailed warned
I really hope that was helpful for you. It helps me all the time. (=
I only want sympathy in the form of you
crawling
into
be
with
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