Literary words are the verbs, nouns, adjectives, and adverbs that authors use to make their stories come alive. High-quality stories are distinguished in their authors’ use of expressive words—gambol rather than run or cavort rather than jump. TextProject has two programs of free, comprehensive lessons that help students use knowledge of familiar words (e.g., stop) to learn the Tier 2 words of texts (e.g., flee, abscond).
E4: Exceptional Expressions for Everyday Events provide semantic maps of Tier 2 words for familiar and frequent words in students’ lives: quiet, think, and want. S4: Super Synonym Sets for Stories highlight 20 of the most important ideas in stories—Tier 2 words representing emotions, traits, movement, and communication that authors use to create the details and mood that engage readers in a story.
