Wednesday 9 May 2012

STORY WRITING


DEVELOPING COMMUNICATION SKILLS

Anger:
1)   I felt an over-whelming sense of grief and anger
2)   He gritted his teeth/ he was boiling with rage/burst into tears of frenzy
3)   'That's not so!' she snapped (uttered sharp or cutting words), angrily and bitterly
4)   His anger poured out upon me like a volcano
5)   Staring with an expression of mingled flurry and alarm




Cry:
1)   Tears rolled down his cheeks/ I began sobbing in hysterical despair
2)   Tears glittering in his deep blue eyes /tears welled up in her eyes again
3)   He buried his face in his hands and wept/ her eyes were brimming with tears.
4)   He scrubbed away some tears that had got into his eyes



Happiness:
1)   gave a cry of pleasure
2)   He walked back with a tremendous feeling of elation
3)   thrilled with deep delight/ laughing wildly shrieking with pleasure
4)   A twinkle came into his eyes/ He muffled
 ( barely audible) a chuckle
5)   He nodded merrily/ tingling(shivering) with excitement




Smile/ Laugh:
1)   A smile creased his face
2)   Her face beamed with astonishment and mirth.
3)   She giggled with hands to her helpless mouths (laugh in an affected, silly, or nervous manner)
4)   He gave a chortle of pleasure and satisfaction. (a loud gleeful chuckle)
5)   Jenny could not help a little snigger of amusement (give a half-suppressed or secretive laugh)
6)   He gave a hearty guffaw. (laugh coarsely or boisterously)
7)   You can wipe that self-satisfied smirk off. (sneer, simper, grin)
8)   A grin split across his face/ a hideous/detested grin slowly split his face



Fear/ Shock/ Anxiety (nervousness)/ Surprise:

 1)    he clapped a hand to her mouth/ she clapped a hand to her forehead
2)    it made my heart pound/ thump or his heart raced/ pulse racing, my breath coming in short gasps
3)    frozen with fright, my heart stopped beating
4)    the words seemed to have frozen solid inside his mouth/ I could not believe my eyes/ ears
5)    the breath caught in her throat/ a chill ran down my bones
6)    he was sitting with his mouth hanging open/ dropped open
7)    she sat down feeling goose bumps rising up his arms/ butterflies in her stomach
8)    I was wet/ drenched/ soaked with perspiration
9)   A blush ( embarrassment) crept over her face/ She added with a rueful (apologetic) smile
10)  wiping the sweat from his red throat/ sweating down his face
11)  To her utter dismay, no sound came from her throat
12)  she was fraught and worn out, biting her lower lip to
 keep from crying
13)  a lump rose in Clare’s throat/ he could hear his heart pounding
14)  my heart beating so fast that I could feel it shaking my whole body
15)   terrified as I was, I could not bring myself to regret the decision
16)  for an instance, I felt a thrill of genuine fear, raising the hair on my arms