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Thursday, December 20, 2007

Colorful Verbs That Have More Impact

From Gary Provost's Make Your Words Work . . .

Assignment: Change these weak verbs into strong, colorful verbs that have more impact:
  1. Pulled quickly
  2. Picked up impulsively
  3. Wrote nervously
  4. Hit angrily
  5. Looked curiously
  6. Closed forcefully
  7. Departed quickly
  8. Stepped on callously
  9. Removed clothes slowly
  10. Held lovingly