Graveyard Words

Graveyard Words

 

“Don’t you dare put these words in your essays!”



 

1.) Vague references to numbers

Many                Lots                           A lot                        A bunch

2.) Words that are slang or colloquial language

 

 

Ain’t     Gonna         Back in the day               Nowadays         Really          Guy

Crap        Sucks          Kids                           Cause (as in because) Cuz   Dakine

 

3.) Vague references to specific items

Stuff           Things              Something             Anything    Dakine

 

4.) Vague references to emotions

 

Fun                Nice                Happy                  Sad                Mad

Good              Bad                 Awesome

 

5.) Weak verbs:

 

to get               to do              to make                          to have

  

getting                    does                       makes                                             has

gets                         did                         made                                              had

got                           doing                      making                                           having

 

to show              to be               to let

shows                         am                          let

showing                       is                           lets

shown                         are                          letting

showed                       were

                                   was

                                   being

  

Your Assignment:
 
Choose your worst offenders --at least one from each list of the five categories. 
 
List those words.
 
Next to each offending word, write a  more precise or powerful word that could replace the words you chose from the list.

Due Date: Tuesday March 31st.  Equals 50 points.