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Synonyms Worksheet and Games

Synonyms Chart

Good copy should not be lazy. Synonyms are words that have the same or similar meaning. One way to improve your writing is by replacing common words with more descriptive synonyms. Find words that will accurately describe. I use this synonyms worksheet to help me find descriptive fabulous words. Try some of these Online Games: Synonym Toast An Evil Sandwich Making Guy plans to destroy the world by burying it under bread! Help Captain Huggy eat up all the bread by matching words that are similar to each other in this fun game from Scholastic. Synonym Challenge In a race against the clock, pair a word with its matching synonym in this quick game from Sadlier-Oxford. There are many words to choose from, … Continue reading →

Synonyms for Commonly Used Words

Synonyms are words that have similar meanings.  Dictionaries often use synonyms in their definitions.  There are whole books of synonyms and special reference words, such as the thesaurus, that have clusters of words or phrases, all with similar meanings.  These are particularly useful in finding just the right word when writing.   Amazing– incredible, unbelievable, improbable, fabulous, wonderful, fantastic, astonishing, astounding, extraordinary Anger– enrage, infuriate, arouse, nettle, exasperate, inflame, madden Angry– mad, furious, enraged, excited, wrathful, indignant, exasperated, aroused, inflamed Answer– reply, respond, retort, acknowledge Ask– question, inquire of, seek information from, put a question to, demand, request, expect, inquire, query, interrogate, examine, quiz Awful– dreadful, terrible, abominable, bad, poor, unpleasant Bad– evil, immoral, wicked, corrupt, sinful, depraved, rotten, contaminated, … Continue reading →

Vehicular.us Update

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After a little more than 6 months the Vehicular Experiment has yielded some very interesting lessons. Before I get into lessons learned I want to reiterate the experiment , the goals for the site, the analytics and revenue. I had a collection of low quality articles. They revolved around things automotive and also  include RV, motorcycles and watercraft. I paid $5.00 for these articles on Fiverr.com. I also paid $3.99 for a .us domain from GoDaddy. The experiment was whether those low quality articles could garner enough traffic to fuel a few Google AdSense ads to make back the $8.99 outlay of cash. I built the site ( Vehicular.us ) in WordPress and started putting up a few articles. I used the Yoast … Continue reading →

Item 39, The One That Will Work

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I have read a lot of books and ebooks over the last year dealing with making cash on the internet. This is something I have a great interest in. I make a pretty good living but I do it working for someone else. I have always felt like I was underachieving in a big way. I am a smart guy. I ought to be able to figure this out! So that is what this is. A chronicle of trying to figure this out. Every great endeavor has to start with a goal. Being that this is an attempt to make some money via the internet I think that the appropriate goals would be a monetary in nature. I am not interested in making … Continue reading →