Word Choice: Sparkling Soda
All your favorite words are sitting right here in an ice-cold can of your
favorite soda fizzing away, waiting to be savored. So…hurry and look really
close because you’re not drinking from just any old generic can. This one is
loaded with action verbs, delightful phrases, and beautiful imagery that
sparks your imagination and creates picture after picture in your mind as you
gulp it down. Each little carbonated bubble delights and surprises as it pops
and fizzes its way down your throat. Now that you’ve made it this far, take
another nice, big gulp of your favorite soda. Ahh, the perfect satisfaction of
words to quench your writer’s thirst.
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Find descriptive words that paint a picture in your mind.
Hunt for striking yet natural words that fit the piece perfectly.
Change passive verbs for action verbs whenever possible.
Choose specific words rather than the first thing that pops into mind.
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5 – I’ve got it!
Every word seems exactly right!
Colorful, fresh & snappy-yet nothing’s overdone.
Accurate words and precise.
The words help the reader SEE what you’re talking about.
3 – On my way
Words are correct but not very interesting.
Some words spark emotion-others are flat.
A cliché here and there, but some originality, too.
Thesaurus alert…a good tool overused!
1 – Just beginning
Confusing and misleading.
Redundant phrases are redundant.
Vague, fuzzy and often just flat-out wrong.
No picture for the reader to work with from these words.