Well, let us begin. We will talk about action verbs. They are the words that express to the reader that some type of activity is taking place. It relates to the reader that there is movement happening in the scene. Slap! Wham! Kick! Chop! These action words remind me of some type of movement you would see in the average comic book with exploding text and graphics. I can see the hero with his foot very close to the face of the character he is about to kick. I can even see the eyes of the unfortunate face on the other end of that shoe! When do you think it is best to use an action verb in your text? I think it is probably best used by someone writing a short story or some suspense filled novel. But that doesn't mean that we as everyday writers of content for pay can't slip one in. We can slip one in to wake up our intended audience when we send text messages to someone on our phones or try to sneak one in on a Facebook comment. Ha-ha. If you happen to take my advice on this word play, please share with me in a comment. Thanks for reading my first blog post and keep coming back for more "Writing Styles - Be the Bright!"
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