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Usearangeofpowerfuladjectivestodescribeyourcharacter’sfeatures.

Eyes

Mouth

Armsandlegs

Hair/head

Body

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AdjectiveWordBank

blue, large, bright,big, wide, beautiful, open, clear,

soft, watchful, eager,sparkling, lovely, curious, brilliant,intelligent, expressive, gentle

big, broad, sweet, warm, bright,friendly, pleasant, wide, gentle, happy,charming, shy,beautiful, radiant, soft,

brilliant, cheerful,lovely,wonderful, cheerful,glad,happy

thin,outstretched,welcoming,round,tall,stout,bald,shiny,

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Lookattheadjectives below

big large great

huge enormous

gigantic colossal vast

Alltheseadjectivesmeanthesamething!Theyaresynonyms oftheword‘big’.However,someadjectives aremorepowerfulthanothers…

Spaceisbig.

Spaceisvast.

Whichsentencedescribesspacethebest?Remembertochoosethemostpowerfuladjectives inyourwriting!

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happy joyful

glad merry

cheerful upbeat

elated joyous

thrilled delighted

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small tiny

mini minute

petite miniscule

miniature slight

baby wee

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big large

great huge

enormous massive

vast colossal

sizable hefty

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Anexpandednounphraseisasentencethatcontainsanounandaword(adjective)todescribethenoun.

Thealienhasbig,brighteyes.

He hasacheerful,warmsmile.

Noun adjective adjective noun

Pronoun adjective adjective noun

Nowtryandwritesomeofyourown,remembertoincludepronounstoavoidrepetition!

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Cutupandarrangethewordstocreatenounphrasesaboutthealien.

The big a

welcoming alien a

warm bright He

has wave. cheerful

friendly round The

alien body. eyes.

stout smile. has

He tall blue

antennae. shiny arms.

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Describehisvoice!

Whatdoeshesmelllike?

Howdoeshemakeyoufeel?

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Hehas…..

Hisvoiceis…

Thesoundofhisvoiceis…

Hesmellslike….

Thearomaof…

Hemakesmefeel….

strange,weird,peculiar,odd,unusual,freaky,eerie,funny,

squeaky,screechy,high-pitched

smelly,cheesy,funky,foul,stinky,stinking,putrid,odorous,mouldy,

sweaty,musty,slimy,grimy,icky,greasy

happy,welcomed,safe,secure,supported

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Hehasaround,stoutbody

Hehasacheerful,warmsmile

Hehassometall,blueantennaeonhishead

Hesmellslikeoldcheese

Thealienhasbig,brighteyes

Hehasastrange,squeakyvoice

Hehasanoutstretched,welcomingwave

Hemakesmefeelsafe

Lookatthesentences(orclauses)below.Jointhemtogetherusingthecoordinatingconjunction‘and’.

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Thealienhasbig,brighteyes.Hehasacheerful,warmsmileandhehasanoddsqueakyvoice.Hehasawelcomingwaveandhemakesmefeelsafe.Thealienhastall,blueantennaeonhishead.Hehasaround,stoutbodyandhesmellslikeoldcheese!

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Usingpowerfuladjectivetodescribe

welcoming,expressive,cheerful,kindly

Expandednounphrases

Hehasaround,stoutbody.

Usingpronounstoavoidrepetition.

He smellslikeoldcheese.

Usingoursensestodescribe.

Hehasasqueaky,high-pitchedvoice.

Jointwoclausesusingtheconjunction‘and’.

Hehasaround,stoutbody andhesmellslikeoldcheese!

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Candescribethealienfrom‘TheWayBackHome?’

Canyouusedescribeallthefeaturesofthealienusingpowerfuladjectives?Don’tforgetcapitallettersandfullstops!

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Candescribethealienfrom‘TheWayBackHome?’

Canyouusedescribeallthefeaturesofthealienusingpowerfuladjectives?Canyouincludesentencesusingthesenses?Canyouincludesentencesjoinedusingtheconjunction‘and’?Don’tforgetcapitallettersandfullstops!

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Candescribethealienfrom‘TheWayBackHome?’

Canyouusedescribeallthefeaturesofthealienusingpowerfuladjectives?Canyouincludesentencesusingthesenses?Canyouincludesentencesjoinedusingtheconjunction‘and’?Canyoumakeyourwritingflowbygroupingideastogether?Don’tforgetcapitallettersandfullstops!

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