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Making Your Writing Flow: Synonyms

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Making Your Writing Flow with Synonyms

You want your writing to 'flow' and not sound boring. We call this having cohesion. You could use synonyms to improve cohesion.

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Synonyms

  • Synonyms are different words with the same meaning.
  • Use synonyms to help your writing flow.
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Sentence without synonyms

  • Jimmy is nice and he has a nice house. He likes to do nice things at the weekend.
    • Using 'nice' again and again is very boring.
    • Using synonyms for nice will make these sentences more interesting:
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Sentence with synonyms

  • Jimmy is kind and he has a lovely house. He likes to do interesting things at the weekend.

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1.1Reading

1.2Prefixes

1.3Suffixes

1.4Spelling Rules

1.5Reading Comprehension

1.6Reading Comprehension: SAT Practise

1.7Word Meaning

1.8Fact vs. Opinion

1.9Justifying Views

1.10Figurative Language

1.11Text Structure

2Writing

2.1Sounds in Words

2.2Homophones

2.3Using a Dictionary

2.4Writing Composition

2.5The Subjunctive Mood

2.6Modal Verbs

2.7Active & Passive Voice

2.8Relative Clauses

2.9Expanded Nouns

2.10Punctuation

2.11SAT Spelling Practise

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