A rich, varied vocabulary will give you nuance and depth to your expressions.

I am angry!

I am very angry!

I am super angry!

Not varied and nuanced:

You could express yourself like this!

Angry

Huffy

Furious

Mad

Enraged

Outraged

Livid

Incensed

Aggravated

Annoyed

Cross

Vexed

Irritated

Irate

In Swedish

Arg

Förbannad

Gramse

Ilsken

Skogstokig

Rasande

Vansinnig

Vred

Can you think of more Swedish words for angry?

Different words give different weight

to what you are expressing.

Being furious is worse

than feeling a little huffy.

Being pissed off is more modern

than feeling vexed!

Another way to use language to show

nuance and depth is by using a metaphor.

A metaphor is when we refer to something by mentioning another thing.

Metaphors for anger

Be careful not to turn your metaphor into a simile.

Usually: similes use "like" or "as".

They stirred up the hornet's nest by mentioning

lay offs at the factory.

Angry like a hornet!

I am so furious, I have reached my boiling point!

I am so angry I could erupt!

Other metaphors!

Euphemisms

A euphemism is when we describe an action (usually: sex, bodily functions, death)

by using more innocent sounding words.

Going to the bath room:

Excuse me, I'm going to go powder my nose.

I am going to the little boys' room.

I am going to see a man about a horse.

I am going to drain the lizzard.

I am taking a leak.

Vomiting:

Technicolour yawn

Blow chunks

Pray to the porcelain god

Talk to Ralph on the White telephone

Toss a sidewalk pizza

Sex:

The beast with two backs.

Make whoopee

Afternoon delight

The horizontal mambo

(Shakespeare ca. 1604 Othello)

Going all the way

Death:

Pushing up daisies.

Bite the dust.

Taking a dirt nap.

He finally kicked his oxygen habit

He passed away

Menstruating:

I am surfing the crimson wave...

It's my time of the month...

My aunt Flo is visiting...

I am NOT pregnant...

It's my lady business...

Euphemisms for anger

Go Ape shit!

Driven mental

Go Nam!

Have a meltdown

Shit Frisbees

Have a hissy fit

Even euphemism have different weight and

usefulness depending on who you are talking to.

You might not want to use "shit Frisbees"

when speaking with your grand mother.

With her you might tell her you

are having a hissy fit.

So now we know we can communicate the same thing in many different ways!

"Scintillate, scintillate globule lucific

Vain would I fathom

thy nature specific!"

"Twinkle, twinkle, little star

How I wonder where you are."

Synonym game!

Let us play a game!

I give you a word and you come up with as many synonyms as possible.

The winning group gets cookies!

Life lines

http://www.synonym.com/

http://tyda.se/

http://www.thesaurus.com/

1. Divide into two teams, decide who will be your Messenger.

2. You are going  to Think of synonyms for the Word "Beautiful".

3. Start by thinking of synonyms for ten minutes and

your Messenger will write these down

5. Scrunch them into balls

6. Take turns tossing them to your Champion

 A toss from the third level = 3 point

Second Level= 2 points

first level = 1 point

Cheat sheet

Gorgeous

Sexy

Foxy

Hot

Bootylicious

Scenic

Fit

Easy on the eyes

Pretty

Comely

Stunning

Fair

Ravishing

Handsome

Cute

Alluring

Good-looking

Shapely

Well-Formed

Attractive

Exquisitive

Radiant

Breath taking

Smoking

Striking

Perfect 10

Looker