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List over 500 verbs

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When writing any paper, make sure to eliminate as many linking verbs as you can.

So, here is a list of over 500 verbs to use in your writing.

CREATIVE (HOBBIES)

  1. accelerate
  2. achieving
  3. acted
  4. adopting
  5. backpacking
  6. beading
  7. bouldering
  8. caching
  9. canoeing
  10. carving
  11. climbing
  12. collecting
  13. crafting
  14. created
  15. creating
  16. designed
  17. developed
  18. directed
  19. diving
  20. drawing
  21. established
  22. fashioned
  23. fishing
  24. founded
  25. gardening
  26. hunting
  27. illustrated
  28. instituted
  29. integrated
  30. introduced
  31. invented
  32. making
  33. memorized
  34. organic
  35. originated
  36. paintballing
  37. painting
  38. performed
  39. planned
  40. playing
  41. revitalized
  42. riding
  43. scrapbook
  44. shaped
  45. skateboarding
  46. sketched
  47. skiing
  48. snorkeling
  49. surfing
  50. walking
  51. watching
  52. weaving

RESEARCH/

TECHNICAL

  1. acknowledge
  2. acquired
  3. activated
  4. administered
  5. admit
  6. affirm
  7. analyzed
  8. anticipate
  9. applied
  10. apply
  11. argue
  12. assert
  13. assessed
  14. assume
  15. believe
  16. briefed
  17. calculated
  18. catalogued
  19. categorize
  20. categorized
  21. caution
  22. challenge
  23. channeled
  24. clarified
  25. clarify
  26. coded
  27. collected
  28. comment
  29. compare
  30. compared
  31. compiled
  32. computed
  33. concede
  34. conclude
  35. condone
  36. conducted
  37. confirm
  38. consider
  39. contend
  40. contrast
  41. contrasted
  42. declare
  43. define
  44. defined
  45. delivered
  46. demonstrate
  47. deny
  • describe
  • determine
  • discuss
  • dismiss
  • dispute
  • disregard
  • document
  • doubt
  • drafted
  • emphasize
  • endorse
  • establish
  • evaluated
  • examine
  • examined
  • experimented
  • explain
  • explore
  • explored
  • focus
  • formulated
  • grasp
  • highlight
  • hypothesize
  • identify
  • ignore
  • implemented
  • imply
  • indicate
  • infer
  • inquired
  • insist
  • inspected
  • installed
  • interpret
  • interpreted
  • interviewed
  • investigated
  • list
  • maintain
  • mastered
  • mention
  • misinterpret
  • monitored
  • moot
  • negate
  • note
  • object
  • observe
  • operated
  • oppose
  • postulate
  • present
  • presume
  • processed
  • programmed
  • propose
  • protected
  • question
  • recognize
  • recommend
  • reflect
  • refute
  • regard
  • reject
  • report
  • reveal
  • show
  • speculate
  • state
  • stress
  • study
  • substantiate
  • suggest
  • use

ACCOMPLISHMENTS

  • achieved
  • clarified
  • decided
  • delegated
  • effected
  • enhanced
  • exceeded
  • excelled
  • headed
  • improved
  • inspired
  • instigated
  • invented
  • judged
  • lectured
  • led
  • led
  • maintained
  • managed
  • marketed
  • measured
  • mediated
  • modeled
  • motivated
  • navigated
  • noted
  • observed
  • originated
  • participated
  • persuaded
  • pioneered
  • presented
  • presided
  • prioritized
  • provided
  • recommended
  • recorded
  • researched
  • revitalized
  • screened
  • succeeded
  • tailored

ORGANIZATIONAL SKILLS

  • administered
  • anticipated
  • approved
  • arranged
  • assembled
  • assigned
  • cataloged
  • catalogued
  • categorized
  • charted
  • classified
  • coded
  • collected
  • compiled
  • completed
  • conducted
  • controlled
  • coordinated
  • corrected
  • correlated
  • corresponded
  • determined
  • directed
  • dispatched
  • distributed
  • documented
  • eliminated
  • engineered
  • evaluated
  • executed
  • expanded
  • filed
  • fixed
  • generated
  • implemented
  • improved
  • incorporated
  • increased
  • inspected
  • logged
  • maintained
  • managed
  • monitored
  • obtained
  • operated
  • ordered
  • organized
  • outlined
  • oversaw
  • perceived
  • planned
  • prepared
  • prioritized
  • processed
  • procured
  • provided
  • purchased
  • recommended
  • recorded
  • registered
  • reserved
  • responded
  • restored
  • retrieved
  • reviewed
  • revised
  • routed
  • scheduled
  • screened
  • shaped
  • solved
  • specified
  • standardized
  • submitted
  • succeeded
  • supervised
  • supplied
  • systematized
  • tabulated
  • transformed
  • updated
  • validated
  • verified
  • visualized

COMMUNICATION SKILLS

 

  • addressed
  • arbitrated
  • authored
  • competed
  • composed
  • contacted
  • conveyed
  • corresponded
  • demonstrated
  • directed
  • drafted
  • edited
  • encouraged
  • enlisted
  • exchanged
  • explained
  • infer
  • influenced
  • inform
  • informed
  • initiated
  • insist
  • instructed
  • interpret
  • interpreted
  • introduce
  • introduced
  • investigate
  • invoke
  • lectured
  • maintain
  • mean
  • measure
  • mediated
  • moderated
  • motivated
  • narrate
  • negotiated
  • note
  • notified
  • obtain
  • organize
  • participated
  • persuaded
  • point out
  • postulate
  • predict
  • present
  • presented
  • promoted
  • proofread
  • propose
  • prove
  • provide
  • publicized
  • reiterate
  • report
  • represent
  • represented
  • resolved
  • responded
  • restrict
  • reveal
  • simplify
  • specify
  • speculate
  • state
  • suggest
  • support
  • supported
  • wrote
  • yield

ANALYTICAL SKILLS

  • acknowledge
  • advocates
  • alludes
  • argue
  • articulates
  • assert
  • asserts
  • assess
  • assume
  • attribute
  • balances
  • believe
  • bolsters
  • builds
  • catalogs
  • categorizes
  • characterize
  • characterizes
  • clarifies
  • classifies
  • collates
  • compare
  • compares
  • concludes
  • confirms
  • consider
  • construct
  • construe
  • continues
  • contrasts
  • conveys
  • correlates
  • creates
  • critiques
  • debates
  • decide
  • deduce
  • defends
  • define
  • delineate
  • depict
  • derive
  • designate
  • detail
  • determine
  • develops
  • devise
  • differentiates
  • disagree
  • discover
  • distinguish
  • elevates
  • elicits
  • emphasizes
  • employ
  • employs
  • establishes
  • estimate
  • evaluate
  • expands
  • expresses
  • extrapolate
  • facilitates
  • frames
  • gathers
  • generalize
  • generates
  • guide
  • guides
  • highlights
  • hypothesize
  • identifies
  • illuminate
  • illustrate
  • illustrates
  • implements
  • implies
  • imply
  • indicate
  • informs
  • integrates
  • moves
  • perpetuates
  • persuades
  • portrays
  • presents
  • promotes
  • propels
  • proposes
  • provoke
  • raises
  • recalls
  • reduces
  • reinforces
  • relates
  • represents
  • responds
  • reveals
  • revitalizes
  • shows
  • states
  • strengthens
  • substantiates
  • suggests
  • supports
  • underlines
  • validates
  • verifies

RESUMÉ

  • administered
  • advised
  • aided
  • alleviated
  • appraised
  • approximated
  • assisted
  • assured
  • attained
  • completed
  • complied
  • compounded
  • conducted
  • conserved
  • consolidated
  • converted
  • counted
  • debugged
  • deciphered
  • detect
  • eclipsed
  • elected
  • employed
  • empowered
  • endorsed
  • enlisted
  • entered
  • founded
  • fulfilled
  • grossed
  • guaranteed
  • guided
  • handled
  • hastened
  • heightened
  • hired
  • influenced
  • initiated
  • input
  • inspired
  • managed
  • maximized
  • mentored
  • mobilized
  • motivated
  • multiplied
  • netted
  • operated
  • orchestrated
  • performed
  • polished
  • processed
  • produced
  • profited
  • promoted
  • proofed
  • prospected
  • proved
  • raised
  • recognized
  • rejuvenated
  • revamped
  • revitalized
  • revived
  • satisfied
  • shipped
  • sold
  • spearheaded
  • stimulated
  • stocked
  • strengthened
  • supervised
  • targeted
  • theorized
  • trained
  • transacted
  • transformed
  • uncovered
  • visualized
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Audacious

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/ôˈdāSHəs/
adjective
  1. 1.
    showing a willingness to take surprisingly bold risks.
    “a series of audacious takeovers”
    synonyms: bold, daring, fearless, intrepid, brave, courageous, valiant, heroic, plucky; More
  2. 2.
    showing an impudent lack of respect.
    “an audacious remark”
    synonyms: impudent, impertinent, insolent, presumptuous, cheeky, irreverent, discourteous, disrespectful, insubordinate, ill-mannered, unmannerly, rude, brazen, shameless, pert, defiant, cocky, bold (as brass);

    Audacious

    by Bryan Dominguez

    To be audacious.

    To be bold.

    To believe.

    To be determined.

    To succeed.

    To be emotionally stable.

    To be audacious.

    image.jpgBoard was written by my English professor.

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Effects Of Music in your Brain

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     My high school (Americas HS) holds a science fair each year encouraging students to present their ideas and spectulations of the scientific world. Pre-ap students are required to make a presentation of their own or with a partner. Regular students or students that take dual credit/AP classes do not need to make a project, however they are still encouraged to do so if they wish.

     This year my partner Alex and I decided to do a project in which we will both have at least some basis of knowledge. Alex and I have been in band ever since we attended middle school. Knowing concepts of sound waves produced by instruments and the likely effects on the brain, we chose to explore the effects of music in the human brain.

As we continue our project we will post updates on our data and statistics.

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For your better understanding here is partial research from Ashford University

Literacy Narratives

English is actually interesting

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  I have never read a full book since the 6th grade.

Sure, it might be crazy hear for some readers, but if you are a student like me, it is believable. Literacy has been one of those things in my life I’ve never really understood. Surprisingly, after being tested in multiple creative writing exams, passing them, and being GT in the field of reading and writing had just felt annoying to me.

images.jpegMy reading and writing capabilities were first challenged at the beginning of freshmen year when I was asked to write myself, yes, myself, a letter in which I will open in my senior year. Prior, I had known how to write essays but honestly never really cared for what I wrote. I did not know how to start, nor I knew what to compose myself. I did not want to find a letter my senior year in which later-on I would ask why I wrote it. Doubting my abilities, I asked my English teacher at the time, Ms.McElyea, for tips that would not disappoint myself in this non-important-but-important letter.

With the helping hands of my teacher, I was able to successfully write a great message that I will hope to read in my upcoming senior year. In this small task, I learned that writing something as simple as a letter to yourself requires you to thoroughly think through what message you are trying to confer on to the reader. Moral of the lesson; don’t underestimate or overestimate your capabilities.

People questioned my ability to comprehend book discussions or chapter discussions in class. However, I was luckily able to come up with my strategy of reading books or any piece of media in a short amount of time. This skill, believe it or not, developed not long after I watched a video on YouTube of a man who read a book a day. Fascinated by the skill it took to be able to do that I decided to find my way of completing tasks like that.

The way I was able to do this is by looking at the most critical nouns in the main pages of the book or piece of media. By eliminating all unnecessary words from my reading, I can comprehend the main message portrayed by the author of the book or media.

Though this form of text read is useful at times, it did not come in handy when I decided to take the AP World History class.

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Sophomore year, I decided to challenge myself by engaging and taking the AP World History class. This type, of course, is challenging as the work consists of mainly reading and writing. However, it pays off because some colleges and universities give credit to students that pass the AP exams. I am glad and extremely proud to say, I failed my exam. Why? Because I knew I had tried my best in the writing part of the exam and I knew even though I might’ve struggled in remembering the historical aspect, I knew that my writing skills were clear and easy to comprehend. Ms.Santana, my teacher at that time had us write until our hands would break as by the middle of the year we were being assigned different writing activities such as note-taking, writing essays, and even just plainly studying for the tests she gave us every week.

 

That class took a toll on my time management as well. I had to plan out everything I did outside of that class to fit into my schedule correctly. I remember having to sometimes not sleep at all in order to finish an essay that was due the next day, it wasn’t because I hadn’t started prior to that night but instead because of my scheduling and most importantly carefully structuring out the prompts that were given to us in order to gain a perfect score. Most of the time I increased low scores but with more and more practice over time, countless essays and late nights later I was able to start becoming a better writer. I realized that the experience of staying up until sunrise many times and typing over 100,000 words was noticeable when I was able to get a commended score on my English II exam. The skills that I had learned in a history class were so helpful in my other types.

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I continue to strive and become better in every assignment I conquer to write. Sure, being somebody that does not really read as much as he should do give me setbacks a sometimes but knowing a few skills does come a long way. Literature now is not a boring subject, in fact, it is one of my favorite subjects in school.

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Obstinacy

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/ˈäbstənəsē/

 

noun
  1. the quality or condition of being obstinate; stubbornness.
    “his reputation for obstinacy”
    synonyms: stubbornness, inflexibility, intransigence, intractability, obduracy, mulishness, pigheadedness, willfulness, contrariness, perversity, recalcitrance, refractoriness, implacability, rigidity, uncooperativeness;

    Definition from google dictionary.

    A POEM OF OBSTINACY

    by Bryan Dominguez

    To be OBSTINATE.

    To not turn in work.

    To not write correctly.

    To be late.

    To miss deadlines.

    To be unwilling.

    To not wear identification.

    To be OBSTINATE.

     

     

    My English professor uses this word to uninfluence laziness in our class.

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    Obstinacy: firmly or stubbornly adhering to one’s purpose, opinion, etc.; not yielding to argument, persuasion, entreaty, and a significant problem in teens of our society today. Teens are often finding themselves in classrooms trying to finish tasks and assignments, but procrastinate. Teens face stress in all circumstances that they are in, whether it is in school or at home. Research suggests that these factors cause reluctance and reflect on the daily lives of teens. Laziness, health problems, and stress at home all contribute to hesitation in finishing work.

    At home, teens are faced with daily tasks to complete. Sometimes these tasks are piled up, all due to laziness. Laziness is a habit in which teens struggle to be active and productive in assigned tasks. Lack of self-confidence is the main contributor to this topic. Being in the adolescent stage, teens can often face stress from bullying, making friends or finding themselves. Lack of self-confidence can lead to stubbornness, ultimately affecting the person by making him/her hard to convince, persuade or to move to action.

    Health problems also have a toll on young adolescent brains. Attention Deficit Hyperactive Disorder (ADHD) is a common mental disorder in children. This disorder affects the teen in many ways when completing even the simplest of tasks. This disease, unfortunately, can chronically last a lifetime. One effect of ADHD is easy distractibility. Patients with the disorder are not easily able to concentrate on completing simple tasks. Not easily recognizable by doctors, ADHD is hard to diagnose because all patients treat suffer from this disorder have different severities of it. For treatment, most patients take medication to calm the effect but still find themselves having a small bit impairment of concentration in school and at home. Statistics show that more than a quarter of children with ADHD are held fullsizeoutput_c02back a grade in school. The critical thing to note is that the individual’s actions do not cause ADHD. Instead, it is caused by inheritance or even environmental effects. This mental deficient contributes to attention in school, leading to the slowness of learning in teens. Overall ADHD contributes to procrastination among teens by slowing workflow in their school and at home.

    Another cause of obstinacy comes from stress at home. Post-traumatic stress disorder affects an estimated ten percent of women and five percent of men. Teens in their childhood life sometimes face tragedies, helplessness in their homes, or emotional difficulties within themselves. This can be due to family issues or even in extreme cases, intensive memories of traumatic events or sexual assault. Most teens face or have faced these intensities in their own home, eventually expanding trauma in their adult life. PTSD causes teens to suffer from different psychological problems such as depression, anxiety, or in some cases drug use. These factors take a significant toll on teens when functioning in school or at home due to lack of self-confidence. These factors are leading causes to procrastination and wanting to be on own. A concerning aspect of this disorder is that already teens that suffer the disease are not diagnosed. For teens to succeed despite having this disorder, therapy is needed to calm down effects.

    Obstinacy in teens can likely emerge from lack of self-discipline as well. Teens would rather go out with friends instead of finishing homework for a class. This philosophy is engraved into teenage minds due to mainstream media and the influence of friends. In interview teens from high school to explain what causes them to procrastinate in school. Answers from these teens varied from authorities in relationships from boyfriends/girlfriends and as well as influences from even music that these stridently listen to, music portraying living life without worries.

    In conclusion, obstinacy is a significant problem in teens of our society today; teens often procrastinate in everyday tasks whether it is in school or at home; lack of self-discipline as well laziness, health problems, and stress at home all contribute to the stubbornness of teens. Research suggests that reluctance is caused by these factors and they reflect on the daily life of teens, mental disorders such as ADHD and PTSD can influence and have an impact on how teens are active and productive. Lastly, lack of organization leads to teens missing deadlines and knowing when assignments are due in their classroom. Obstinacy refers to stubbornly adhering to one’s purpose, opinion and not yielding to argument, persuasion, or entreaty. Thus according to the causes and effects listed in this paper, it is concluded that certain situations can contribute to a person’s reluctance (most directly toward adolescents).

    Works Cited

    “Attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD).”

    Britannica School, Encyclopædia Britannica, 30 Sep. 2010. school.eb.com/levels/high/article/attention-deficithyperactivity-disorder/41787. Accessed 26 Nov. 2018.

    “Post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD).”

    Britannica School, Encyclopædia Britannica, 22 Jan. 2010. school.eb.com/levels/high/article/post-traumatic-stress-disorder/399280. Accessed 26 Nov. 2018