ambitious english vocab

• amiable (adj): friendly, pleasant, and easy to get along with
• more interesting connectives

  although, despite this, however, meanwhile, in spite of, within during, hence, conversely,
• discourse markers - any word or phrase that allows a reader to follow where the story is going


  the following day, finally, after a short time, in the meantime, later that morning, moreover
• punctuation ",;-!?.
• new paragraph

  If one of these changes, start a new paragraph;

  time

  topic

  place

  person

  (TOPP)
• varying structure

  sentence length and complexity, shorter for contrast and add tension, pace

  short sentences

  short paragraph

  cyclical sture

  zooming in and out

  panning across the scene

  varied sentence starters
• language techniques


  metaphor, simile, extended metaphor, tricolon, onomatopoeic (crash, bang), personification, use adjectives, adverbs, interesting verbs,5 senses (sight, touch, smell, taste, sound), alliteration, assonance, foreshadowing
• colour

  turquoise, crimson, navy blue, amber, brass, khaki, chestnut, shimmering,
• happiness


  ecstatic, blighted, exhilarating, jubilant, triumphant, vivaciously, pleasing
• sound


  screech, stomp, thud, blare, rasp, tumult - hum, melody, whisper, purr
• smell


  fragrant, burnt, earthy, perfumed, pungent, wafted into my nose, savoury, rank
• taste


  bland, fruity, tasteless
• touch


  damp, feathery, fragile, brittle, tender,
• fatuous


  silly, foolish, useless
• duped


  tricked
• harangue


  lecture
• dismal


  depressing
• arcane


  obscure, secret
• rife


  abundant, full of
• arrogant (adj): behaving as if one is better than others; having an attitude of superiority
• cacophony (n): loud and unpleasant noise made by many different sounds at the same time
• apprehensive (adj): feeling worried about something that might happen
• conspicuous (adj): easily seen or noticed because it stands out from its surroundings
• ameliorate


  to improve, make better, correct a flaw or shortcoming
• serendipity


  luck, finding good things without looking for them
• scintillating


  shining brightly
• intricate


  detailed and complicated
• nefarious


  evil
• diaphanous


  light, airy, transparent
• vivacious


  lively
• axiomatic


  obvious, self-evident
• primitive


  utterly ridiculous
• marcid


  withered; incredibly exhausted