Be Descriptive and Use the Power of WORDS

Paint a picture with your WORDS 

Directions: Use these descriptive words in your writing to help your readers get a good picture of what you are writing!!!! Please re-read your sentence to make sure the word sounds right! Instead of Said use: Instead of Laughed Instead of Happy use: Instead of Little use: use: Called Merry Cheerful Teeny Slight Cried Stated Snickered Glad Elated Tiny Wee Responded Shouted Giggled Jovial Pleased Minute Compact Demanded Replied Roared Joyful Jolly Miniature Asked Questioned Chuckled Thrilled Delighted Petite Microscopic Whispered Exclaimed Howled Crowed Cackled Instead of Pretty use: Instead of Good use: Instead of Sad use: Instead of Big use:

Beautiful Exquisite Great Splendid Depressed Towering Mammoth Lovely Gorgeous Pleasant Grand Woeful Huge Enormous Glamorous Stunning Marvelous Terrific Gloomy Large Tremendous Attractive Handsome Delightful Amazing Miserable Great Massive Elegant Striking Superior Excellent Melancholy Immense Giant Cute Fair Wonderful Sorrowful Colossal Blue Gigantic Unhappy Instead of Smart use: Instead of Bad use: Instead of Funny use: Instead of ______use: Bright Aweful Humorous Witty Terrible Hilarious Quick-witted Dreadful Amusing Knowledgeable Appaling Comical Intelligent Shocking Witty Clever Ghastly Odd Sharp Horrific Strange Brainy Unpleasant Entertaining Gifted Wicked Jokey Brilliant Side-splitting Wise Create your own Writer’s Notebook word list above!!!!

Hint: Use your Thesaurus 