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A verb is a word thatâs used to describe an action.
Descriptive verbs - (or strong verbs) are single-word actions that add to the tableau in the readerâs mind, giving it a boost of color and energy.
In many cases, an engaging, vivid verb is more concise and telling than a straightforward, overused one.
The man ran quickly toward the smoke, versusÂ
The man sprinted toward the smoke.
Weak verbs are simply common onesâwords that describe the bare minimum of the action. Sometimes thatâs the best way to keep your writing clean and direct, but it can also lead to a lack of color, or personality.
Types of Descriptive Verbs
The most powerful verbs evoke imagery and emotion in the action of the verb itself. A dog doesnât just eat its foodâit gobbles it. The glass doesnât just breakâit shatters.
Questions to consider when replacing your verbs:
Verbs of movement: Movement is especially ripe for descriptive words. Movements communicate how your characters feel, what they want, and how they present themselves to the world. Is your character merely walking along from point a to b? Or do they project more attitude with a saunter or perhaps swagger? Are they in a skipping mood? These movement verbs can also denote a sense of place, and urgency: Depending on the terrain, perhaps they plod through mud or stagger over jagged rocks. Suspicious characters might slink away into the darkness, or scamper just out of reach.
Verbs of stillness: In real life, stillness is never entirely devoid of movement, and is equally revealing. A nervous character doesnât merely sit, they perch on the edge of their seat. A rude character might slouch in their chair. A character who has just received terrible news may slump on the couch.
Verbs for speech and expression: With dialogue attribution, you could write an entire novel using only âsaid,â without having to resort to more descriptive verbs like âshouted,â âcried,â or âwhimpered.â The best answer is a balance: try to keep your language from jarring the reader out of the story, but considering your characterâs intent when searching for the right descriptive verb in dialogue also allows you to quickly deliver more information to the reader. When is a laugh so cruel it becomes more of a snicker, or so unguarded it bursts forth as a guffaw? Muttering a word under the breath might be a sign of dissent, while a whimper is one of surrender. Create volume in your dialogue by introducing sound-oriented synonyms, like whispers or shouts.
When to Use Descriptive Verbs
The best verbs help you hone your prose to give you the effect you wish to achieve. Think about the tone do you want to setâwhat feelings or mood do you want to evoke? What kind of language will best deliver the story you want to tell?
Reading your work aloud is an excellent way to both hear the sonic effects of your prose and catch awkward repeated sounds or other unintended effects. Read through your writing and make a note of where things feel too slow, or stale.
Where are the moments where your prose stalls out? Highlight all the verbs youâve used in that section and find stronger words to heighten the tension or enhance the mood of the scene.
Reasons to Use Descriptive Verbs in Writing
Using descriptive verbs is especially useful when considering pacing; active verbs help anchor your writing in the present tense, contributing to the exciting (or suspenseful, emotional, moody, exuberant) tone you might be going for.
Weak verbs, in general, are often supported by adverbs of manner (those descriptive words that end in â-lyâ). Good descriptive verbs rid your sentences of the need for too many adverbs, and can also keep state-of-being verbs (like am, is, are, and was, which lead to passive voice) in check.
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image: a glyph, showing a dip that regains height, a straight line from the end of the dip, and the line then descending again, ending in an arrow pointing downwards. it's colored in a gradient - green at the top, red at the bottom, and yellow in the middle.
Composed of the semantic radical tey 'hand' on the left side, and the abstract phonetic element QĂ´y on the right.
QhĂ´y is to benefit, give to, or be âgoodâ to someone. The beneficial thing (or benefactor) is the subject; the recipient is the object.
It is also a noun meaning âbenefit, profit.â
Its major use is to express âgive.â Thus it can be compared with hap, which also means âgive,â but in a different way - or rather, qhĂ´y and hap work together to mean give.
Hap and qhôy are one example of an entire system of verb pairs, with overlapping meanings, which correspond to an English ditransitive construction with a single main verb. (More on that in this old lexember post.)
Yuk Tepat does not have ditransitive verbs; each verb can have only one object. Hence in ditransitive clauses, a two-verb construction is used. Both verbs share a subject, and each one has a different object - one corresponding to the direct object, and one corresponding to the direct object.
In this case, hap deals with the object which is transferred, and qhĂ´y deals with the recipient of the exchange, together expressing âgive.â
Beyond hap, qhĂ´y is found with a wide range of verbs, corresponding to English uses of the prepositions âtoâ or âforâ someone, indicating benefit. This is because Yuk Tepat also typically doesnât use prepositions. Rather, additional verb phrases are used.
Above, L to R: hap, yĂ´w, and swĂťl.
In this last usage, qhĂ´y is similar to swĂťl âhelpâ and yĂ´w âbe usefukl.â They are interchangeable in most expressions - with some nuance. YĂ´w has a more humble and passive connotation, while qhĂ´y is more honorific or polite. YĂ´w is particularly used for when someone lower was of benefit to a superior, whether voluntarily or not, i.e., was âusedâ by their upper. It was particularly associated with the authoritarian Qom Empire, and can sound âservileâ to some; however, it is still used with reference to government officials now, because they are supposed to be the humble servants of The People. SwĂťl, which emerged later, is preferred by some because it sounds like a more equal exchange.
