Chapter 39: Verbs

CHAPTER 39
Verbs

CONNECT: How can you use verbs effectively to say what you really mean? 39e, 53b

CREATE: Revise the verb choices in something you have written recently, changing as many be, do, and have verbs as you can. How do the changes affect your writing?

REFLECT: Think about a text you have read, seen, or heard that uses verbs especially effectively. Write or record a reflection on what made the verbs work well in the context of that text.

USED SKILLFULLY, verbs can be the heartbeat of prose, moving it along, enlivening it, carrying its action: As the little girl skipped in, she bounced a red rubber ball and smiled from ear to ear.