BIG% LIKE% SMALL% VERY% YOU% BAD% LITTLE% THING% ALOT ...

BIG PRETTY GOOD FUN

LIKE BAD SAYS GOT

WORN OUT WORDS

DON'T USE THESE WORDS IN YOUR WRITING

SMALL

VERY

LITTLE

THING

NICE

STUFF

GREAT

DUMB

DON'T USE SYMBOLS IN PLACE OF WORDS

YOU A LOT IS WHEN

"&" for "AND" "B/C" for BECAUSE "W/O" for WITHOUT "etc." for "and the rest of what you are talking about."

SOME ALTERNATE WORDS TO USE

BIG = colossal, extensive, gigantic, huge, immense, large, spacious, vast

PRETTY = appealing, attractive, beautiful, enchanting, fair, gorgeous, lovely, stunning

GOOD = favorable, helpful, advantageous, useful, appropriate, proper, suitable

FUN = enjoyable, entertaining, exciting, fantastic, festive, incredible, joyous, splendid

LIKE = similar to, resembling, comparable, similar

BAD = improper, unsatisfactory, careless, defective, disorderly, poor, unacceptable, objectionable

SAYS = announces, declares, asserts, suggests, whispers

GOT = accomplished, acquired, earned, gained, gathered, obtained, received, retrieved

SMALL/ LITTLE = compact, diminutive, miniature, minute, petite, puny, tiny, minor, petty, limited, trivial

NICE = agreeable, cordial, courteous, friendly, helpful, kind, pleasant

GREAT = astonishing, excellent, glorious, magnificent, superb, superior, terrific, wonderful

VERY = extremely, exceptionally, exceedingly, extraordinarily, especially

THING == object, substance, possession, material, item, article

STUFF = material, matter, objects, possessions, belongings, bits and pieces

DUMB = ridiculous, inane, ludicrous, unintelligent

YOU = person, one, people, society, someone

A LOT = many, numerous, several, various, a number of

IS WHEN = occurs, happens, comes about, is defined as

DICTION = The words you select and how you use them. Diction is used

to control tone ( formal, informal, casual, humorous, persuasive).

Rules for good diction:

1. Avoid clich?s -- overused expressions like "skinny as a

toothpick" or " can't see the forest tor the trees."

2.

Avoid weak words like "very, real, is, seems."

3. Use vivid words. Paint word pictures. Show, don't tell.

Help your reader to see and feel what you are saying.

3. Avoid colloquialisms and slang. These words are too informal. These expressions that are

acceptable in spoken English, but not in formal written English:

He is "da bomb."

"happy as a dead pig in the sunshine" "tight" "phat" "Duh.. ." "No kiddin"

5. Avoid gobbledygook -- wordy, puffed up language: A plethora of culinary specialists has at deleterious effect upon the quality of purees, and consommes, and other soluble pabula.

A mobile section of petrified matter agglomerates bryophytes.

Stick to clear, straightforward language!

Thesaurus = where you look to find substitutes for weak words.

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