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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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