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Vivid Verbs: Trading Tired Words for Strong Ones — Homework
Hunt for tired verbs and replace them with vivid ones, in these sentences and in your own draft.
- 1.Replace the tired verb: "The dog went down the hall."
- 2.Replace the tired verb: "She said, 'I win!'"
- 3.Why is "was" often a weak verb choice in a story?
- 4.Circle three tired verbs in your own draft and rewrite each sentence with a vivid verb.
- 5.Pick your favorite new vivid verb from today. What does it show that the old verb did not?
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