Creative Writing: Middle School: General Terms, List 1

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  1. brainstorm
    try to solve a problem by thinking intensely about it
  2. characterize
    describe or portray the qualities or peculiarities of
  3. develop
    make something new, such as a product or a mental creation
  4. development
    the act of improving by expanding, enlarging, or refining
  5. describe
    give an account or representation of in words
  6. description
    a statement that represents something in words
  7. elaborate
    add details to clarify an idea
  8. sensory
    involving or derived from the senses
  9. imagination
    the ability to form mental pictures of things or events
  10. inspiration
    arousal of the mind to unusual activity or creativity
  11. narration
    a telling of a story in writing, drama, or cinema
  12. narrative
    an account that tells the particulars of an act or event
  13. paragraph
    one of several distinct subdivisions of a text
Created on Tue Jul 26 13:54:04 EDT 2022 (updated Wed Jun 04 14:12:47 EDT 2025)

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