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Telling and Passive Voice in Writing (Check List Below)

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Filler Words

see
saw
hear
heard
think
thought
touch
touched
wonder
wondered
seem
seems
seemed
decide
decided
know
knew
feel
felt
look
looked
notice
noticed
realize
realized
realise
realised
watch
watched
sound
can
can't
could
couldn't
to be able to
note
noted
experience
experienced
remember
remembered
assume
believe

Overused Words

really
very
that
just
then
totally
completely
back
finally
little
definitely
certainly
probably
start
begin
began
begun
rather
quite
somewhat
somehow
smile
said
breathe
breath
inhale
exhale
shrug
nod
reach

Emotion Words

anger
angry
angrily
sad
sadness
sadly
happy
happiness
happily
fear
feared
scare
scared
joy
joyful
joyously
excited
excitement
excitedly
surprise
surprised
astonished
disgust
disgusted
disgustedly
content
contentment
contentedly
frustration
frustrated
frustratingly
lonely
loneliness
lonely
melancholy
melancholic
melancholically
nervous
nervousness
nervously
hope
hopeful
hopefully
despair
despairing
despairingly
envious
envy
enviously
grateful
gratitude
gratefully
relieved
relief
relievedly
anxious
anxiety
anxiously
bewildered
bewilderment
bewilderedly
eager
eagerness
eagerly
embarrassed
embarrassment
embarrassedly
guilty
guilt
guiltily
shock
shocked
love
loved
curiosity
curiously
curious
doubt
doubted
doubtfully
trust
trusted
boredom
bored

Linking Words

are
aren't
isn't
was
wasn't
were
did
didn't
had
hadn't
has
hasn't
have
haven't
will
would
won't
shall
should
shouldn't

Adjectives

adorable
adventurous
aggressive
agreeable
alert
alive
amused
angry
bad
beautiful
better
bewildered
black
bloody
blue
blue-eyed
annoyed
annoying
anxious
arrogant
ashamed
attractive
average
awful
blushing
bored
brainy
brave
breakable
bright
busy
buttery
calm
careful
cautious
charming
cheerful
clean
clear
clever
cloudy
clumsy
dangerous
dark
dead
defeated
defiant
delightful
depressed
determined
different
colorful
combative
comfortable
concerned
condemned
confused
cooperative
courageous
curious
cute
difficult
disgusted
distinct
disturbed
dizzy
doubtful
drab
dull
dusty
gentle
gifted
glamorous
gleaming
glorious
good
handsome
happy
healthy
helpful
helpless
hilarious
gorgeous
graceful
grieving
grotesque
grumpy
grungy
homeless
homely
horrible
hungry
hurt
hushed
ill
important
impossible
inexpensive
innocent
inquisitive
lazy
light
lively
lonely
long
lovely
lucky
itchy
jealous
jittery
jolly
joyous
kind
magnificent
misty
modern
motionless
muddy
mushy
mysterious
eager
easy
elated
elegant
embarrassed
enchanting
encouraging
fair
faithful
famous
fancy
fantastic
fierce
filthy
fine
energetic
enthusiastic
envious
evil
excited
expensive
exuberant
foolish
fragile
frail
frantic
friendly
frightened
funny
furry
real
relieved
repulsive
rich
scary
selfish
shiny
shy
silly
sleepy
smiling
talented
tame
tasty
tender
tense
terrible
thankful
thoughtful
thoughtless
tired
smoggy
sore
sparkling
splendid
spotless
stormy
strange
stupid
successful
super
svelte
tough
troubled
ugliest
ugly
uninterested
unsightly
unusual
upset
uptight
useful
nasty
naughty
nervous
nice
nutty
obedient
panicky
perfect
plain
pleasant
poised
poor
powerful
obnoxious
odd
old-fashioned
open
outrageous
outstanding
precious
prickly
proud
putrid
puzzled
quaint
queasy
vast
victorious
vivacious
wandering
weary
wicked
wide-eyed
wild
witty
worried
worrisome
wrong