Writing with ease
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This document describes a book that is a unique reference for students and teachers of writing. It contains word lists, writing strategies, and instruction for various genres like stories, reports, essays, and more. The book provides 75 word lists, definitions of writing concepts, and complete guidance for descriptive, narrative, discussion, and other styles of writing. It is presented as an invaluable single resource for students from grades 5 through college to improve their writing and vocabulary.
Writing with ease
- 1. A BOOK EVERY STUDENT MUST POSSESS Take a peek preview into what treasures this book holds.
- 2. A unique reference book for word lists, literature study and writing strategies in one single book. It has been called the Wren & Martin of writing. One of its kind. It brings to you processes to write in a variety of genres clear how-to-write strategies 75 exhaustive word-lists of brilliant words for common boring ones.
- 4. How to describe people, settings and relationships How to write stories of mystery, fantasy, ghost and science fiction How to write a newspaper report and minute a meeting How to review a book and do a job application letter How to write an argumentative and a persuasive essay How to create advertisements Complete instruction with definitions strategies, exemplars and target word lists
- 5. How to create a gigantic vocabulary How to write a poetry appreciation How to analyse a book How to make notes and summarise for an examination. How to debate to win How to write an effective speech How to write a discussion How to write a variety of letters Complete instruction with definitions strategies, exemplars and target word lists
- 6. Descriptive Narrative Imaginative Discussion Reporting Argumentative Persuasive Explanation Procedural
- 7. a) Definition of the genre b) Features of the genre c) Structure of the genre d) Detailed notes on the features e) How to write or demonstration of the genre f) Examples of writers in the genre g) Famous writers of the genre h) Tools for the genre in the form of extensive word lists
- 8. It was big gigantic, cavernous, immeasurable, inordinate, elephantine It was bad defective, questionable, hazardous, wasteful, dreary, ghastly shocking It was beautiful exquisite, splendid, enchanting, wonderous, magnificent It was good delightful, unspoiled, virtuous, excellent, proficient, beneficial, advantageous
- 9. WORDS FOR HEIGHT about 5 feet 8 inches tall, dwarfish, medium height, short, squat, stunted, tall, towering, very tall WORDS FOR EYES beady, beautiful, big, bleary, blind, blood-shot, blue , bright, clear, close-set, cross-eyed, dark-eyed, deep, deep-set, dim, drowsy, glittering, large, mean, narrow, red-eyed, shallow, sharp, shifty, shining, sleepy, squint-eyed, stormy , teary, thoughtful, twinkling, watery WORDS FOR LIPS black , full , pink, pouting, rosy, rough , smiling, snarling, soft, thick, thin , wrinkled, pendulous WORDS FOR NOSE Big, bony , broken, bulbous, delicate, flared, flat , fleshy , fractured, hooked, jutting, large, long, lumpy, mean, pinched, pudgy, pug, red, roman, sharp, small, straight, thick, tiny, uneven, upturned, warty
- 10. Mix and match words to form a description I saw a tall burly man with dark glasses, in an oversized grey tattered overcoat, waiting morosely near an oak tree, picking his rather bulbous nose absently. The cigar, growing out of
- 11. Our five senses are all we have to experience the world. Words create understanding. Words create feelings. Use them to create images, empathy, provoke, evoke, influence, entertain, and inspire. Sight. Smell. Sound. Touch. Taste.
- 12. acidy gaseous reeking acrid heady rotten aromatic mildewed savory balmy moldy scented briny musty sharp burnt odorous sickly damp perfumed sour dank piney spicy earthy pungent spoiled fishy putrid stagnant fragrant rancid sweet fresh
- 13. 1. GIVING REASONS I have a terrible headache today because..... 2. GIVING EXAMPLES Indian festivals are a lot of fun. For example..... TELLING A STORY A friend in need is a friend in deed. There was once....... 4. TELLING THE HISTORY Now we instantly write letters using email. Earlier...... 5. STEP BY STEP EXPLANATIONS I know how to make a kite/ send an email/ find the way to Bandra. First we... And many more..............
- 14. Plot Character Setting Conflict Resolution
- 16. Did you know???? In a ghost story the story line can be a thin one? Its all about the atmosphere Its about the build up of tension Its about the setting Its about menace Its all about pace Its how you end it
- 17. Apparition, alarm, bizarre, bats, chimes, cringe, creepy, chilling, disgusting, dreadful, devilish, dire, dangerous, doomed, eerie, fearsome, frightening, footprints, ghastly, gasp, grotesque, growing, glowering, gruesome, ghoulish, hostile, invisible, muffled, maliciously, macabre, menacing, mysterious, ominous, rattling, scarily, shrieking ,screams, superhuman, skeletons, shadows, spectral, superstitious, spooky, spine chilling, supernatural, shudder, sinister, terror, tremble, terrifying, threatening, tomb, threateningly, unearthly, unnatural, uncanny, unexplainable, weird and many more
- 18. Science fiction lends itself to a lot of science of course Authentic sci-fi stories are exciting because they are part fact and part fiction. The science prefix suffix list lends itself to overall vocabulary building.
- 20. Hundreds of words for the writer to choose from and build vocabulary Adverbs Clearly, consequently, eventually, extraordinarily, indisputably, ineluctably, inescapably, instantly, irrefutably , irreparably, irrevocably , obviously, overwhelmingly, prohibitively, summarily, therefore, triumphantly , ultimately , unarguably, undoubtedly, unequivocally, unerringly, unstintingly, verily Adjectives Capricious, cadaverous, calumnious, efficient, elated, elfin , decorous, demented, demonic fallacious, fanatical, feigned, beleaguered, belligerent, benign, besmirched, lamentable, languorous, languid, lithe, paltry, parched, parsimonious, vacuous, verdant, vivacious, nascent, nebulous, nonchalant, sweltering,
- 21. Rational and emotional arguments Research and logic Rebuttal using facts Fallacies Language of disagreement is a life skill
- 22. Types of persuasion: Advertisements Speeches Letters Dialogues & conversations The vocabulary of persuasion The register of persuasion Persuasion is a life skill
- 23. Being another person.. Being a thing First person feelings, events, attitudes, hopes, fears, ambitions.
- 24. Features and types of poetry The grammar of poetry and versification Devices of poetry figures of speech Beautiful words Language of poetry analysis and criticism
- 25. By substituting a shade word for a primary, secondary or tertiary colour, writing becomes magical Aquamarine, sapphire, amethyst, vermillion, beryl, lilac, fuchsia, azure, salmon, olive, lemon, ebony, ivory, strawberry, biscuit, chocolate, leaf, moss, tan,
- 26. Glisten, goblet, chalice, delight, blossom, cascade, drizzle, dusk, fawn, flower, flame, fragile, hue, honey, glow, jasmine, lavender, linen, peacock, glimmer, moss, musk, mauve, sheen, sunshine, violet, silver, vanilla, whisper, velvet, snowflake, satin, rainbow, mellow, talisman, silken, lace, tranquil.
- 27. Decide the genre. Recognise diction Recognise register Positive and negative words Connotations
- 28. What is drama? Features and examples of drama Types of drama: Comedy Tragedy History Experimental theatre Terminology of drama How to analyze drama
- 29. What is style, tone, voice, persona, syntax, register, diction ? The language of literary appreciation
- 30. Usable lists of : Prefixes and suffixes Compound words Homophones Portmanteau Clipping Abbreviations Acronyms Word webs Synonyms
- 31. Word lists with meanings from: Greek mythology Bible and Shakespeare Latinate phrases Old English words Foreign words American English
- 32. Notes on examination skills Skimming Scanning Key ideas Supporting statements Note making Summary writing Internet research
- 33. Problems with colloquialism and slang Grammar and punctuation rules Proof reading How to avoid Writers block
- 34. Students can use the book in class to facilitate their writing with individual copies. Students can use the book all through their school and college years. It is an excellent teaching tool for teachers where the book becomes an instructional resource and a homework task giver.
- 35. All children from grade 5 to 12 must possess a copy A book that has rave reviews from parents Will help reduce photo copying expense and effort for the teacher It is a one time purchase It costs less than a large pizza at the discounted price of Rs.360 It can be used all through life up until adulthood
- 36. A BOOK EVERY STUDENT & TEACHER OF WRITING MUST POSSESS