Word Choice

 

The specific words that you choose create images, capture a reader's attention and make your story memorable.

 

Look at your paper and decide:

Have I used some strong verbs or colorful phrases that grab my reader?
Have I chosen the most precise word?
Have I used any unique words?
Did I repeat common words too many times?

 Picture Books ~ Picture Books show different ways that authors use words to create vivid images in the reader's mind.
 

Expanding Word Choice
  The Magic Fan by Keith Baker
  Double Trouble in Walla Walla by Andrew Clements
  Today I Feel Silly and Other Moods That Make My Day
by Jamie Lee Curtis
  Food Fight! by Carol Diggory Shields
  Some Smug Slug by Pamela Duncan Edwards
  Feathers and Fools by Mem Fox
  Possum Magic by Mem Fox
  The Lotus Seed by Sherry Garland
  The Wolf Who Cried Boy by Bob Hartman
  Lily's Purple Plastic Purse by Kevin Henkes
  Amber on the Mountain by Tony Johnston
  Armadillo Tattletale by Helen Ketteman
  The Remarkable Farkle McBride by John Lithgow
  The Giant Jam Sandwich by John Vernon Lord
  Swine Lake by James Marshall
  Edward and the Pirates by David McPhail
  Piggie Pie! by Margie Palatini
  Hallo-Wiener by Dav Pilkey
  Dog Breath by Dav Pilkey
  The Whales by Cynthia Rylant
  Epossumondas by Coleen Salley
  The True Story of the Three Little Pigs by Jon Scieszka
  Where the Wild Things Are by Maurice Sendak
  Raising Sweetness by Diane Stanley
  Brave Irene by William Steig
  Caleb and Kate by William Steig
  Solomon: The Rusty Nail by William Steig
  Owl Moon by Jane Yolen
  Miss Alaineus: A Vocabulary Disaster by Debra Frasier
  The Lotus Seed by Sherry Garland
  Teach Us, Amelia Bedelia by Peggy Parish
  A Series of Unfortunate Events by Lemony Snicket
  Voices of the Heart by Ed Young
  A Cache of Jewels by Ruth Heller
  Many Luscious Lollipops by Ruth Heller
  Up, Up, and Away! A Book About Adverbs by Ruth Heller
  Insectlopedia by Douglas Florian
  Duke Ellington by Andrea Davis Pinkney
  Wilma Unlimited: How Wilma Rudolph Became the World's Fastest Woman by Kathleen Krull

 

 

 

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