Writing Vocabulary Flashcards
Sight Words
Luminous, glistening, murky, shadowy, radiant, dimly-lit, ethereal, grotesque, pristine, shimmering
Hear Words
Echoing, thunderous, hushed, eerie, melodic, piercing, muffled, rhythmic, shrill, whispering
Touch
Jagged, velvety, clammy, coarse, brittle, feathery, numbing, scorching, tender, bristly
Smell
Acrid, pungent, musky, fragrant, putrid, smoky, citrusy, stale, earthy, intoxicating
Taste
Tangy, bitter, succulent, bland, zesty, charred, syrupy, tart, saccharine, peppery
Example of Moral
The shadows stretched across the alley, swallowing the world in an eerie silence. Jake’s heartbeat pounded like a drum in his ears, his breath catching as he stared at the towering wall ahead. He had two choices—run back and stay in the safety of his fears, or climb, knowing that freedom lay just beyond the top.
Cynical method
Start and end similarly eg. The wind howled loudly. End: The wind’s howling came to a hault.
SEE
A dash cascaded across my vision
TOUCH
Something is numb, Something is abrasive
TASTE
Something is mouthwatering. Something is putrid
SMELL
Crisp air. Fetted air/smell
HEAR
POSITIVE OR NEGATIVE :Barrage of (lots of) and
NEGATIVE : The relentless onslaught
TIP
Have a 5 senses paragraph and also utlise semi-colons
Hyphen
- extra information
Eg. The crisp air danced on my lungs as l took a deep breath- a refreshing awakening from nature around me.
Colon
Used for lists
Semi-colon
A semicolon is used to connect two seperate ideas, but their kind of the same thing. eg. My mum is a doctor; my dad is a nurse.
Ellipsis
… to create tension
Tips
DON’T USE SPEECH MARKS OR EXCLAMATION MARKS TOO MUCH
GOOD EG: The trees screeched “RUN!”
Tips
USE VARIED SENTENCE STRUCTURE AND LENGTH.
