Creative Writing Vocab Freebie
Creative Writing Vocab Freebie
Creative
Writing Vocab
Power Pack
Struggling to find the perfect words to make your writing stand out? Whether
you're aiming for a Grade 9 or just want to level up your creative writing, this
pack is your secret weapon.Packed with powerful vocabulary, descriptive
techniques, and imaginative phrases, this guide will help you transform basic
sentences into vivid, engaging, and examiner-impressing pieces of work. No
more repeating the same dull words, this power pack will give you the vocab to
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5 Senses Words
Positive Negative
A kaleidoscope of colour
Cloaked in shadow
Glimmered like a winking star
Murky and muddled
Golden hues
Flickering, on the verge of
Serene and sund-dabbled
vanishing
Ethereal glow (not of this
See A grotesque distortion
world)
Tall and towering over me
Dazzling daylight
Pallid hue (pale)
A magnificent masterpiece
A masterpiece of mutation
Glowing like the warm embers
Obscured
of a campfire
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Perfumed Stench
Intoxicating aroma Smell curling in my nostrils
Delicate fragrance Reek of rot
Salivating smell Noxious fumes
Smell
Embracing aroma Sour tang
A bouquet of sweet smells Rancid and reeking
Evocative scent Offensive odour
Divine smell Stifling as a musty closet
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Positive Negative
A fleeting joy
glow of joy
A hollow laughter,
heart full with delight
A paper-thin happiness
euphoric (incredibly happy)
A brittle smile,
symphony of laughter
A momentary high,
Happiness Light as air
The illusion of happiness,
world sparkled with golden
masking the storm beneath
optimism
A forced facade of
warm embrace of serenity
contentment
A kaleidoscope of bliss
A distant happiness
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Positive Negative
A disorienting haze
A tangle of thoughts, knotted
caught in quiet contemplation
and impossible to unravel
intricate yet intriguing
A fog of uncertainty
mind whirring
The ground shifted, leaving me
A fog of curiosity,
Confused grasping for stability
A maze of thoughts
A whirlwind of questions
The thrill of the unknown
mind clouded with indecision
A world of endless possibilities
sinking dread of being utterly
The quiet hum of thought
lost
A storm of confusion
smouldering rage
A fire of determination
wildfire of fury
A righteous fury
A tempest of wrath
defiance, pulsing with
A seething bitterness
unshakable resolve
A clenched jaw, biting back the
A storm of energy
Anger storm within
sharp edge of intensity,
A venomous fury
blaze of conviction
A red mist of anger, clouding all
A tempest of emotions, fierce yet
reason
resolute
The pressure of fury building,
A spark of rebellion
threatening to explode
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Colour Description
Positive Negative
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Positive Negative
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Positive Negative
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Metaphors
Positive Negative
Similes
Positive Negative
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