Describing speech
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Describing speech is explaining how something is said. e.g. Bob shouted "Ahhh!" Describing speech is a dramatic device in stories or other descriptive text and the use of different words is used to add variation to dialogue and help the reader imagine the speech.
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[edit] Ways of describing speech
There are a number of different methods for describing speech in the English language
- Bob shouted "Ahhh!"
- "Ahhh!" shouted Bob
- "Ahhh!" shouted Bob at the top of his voice
- "Ouch!" gasped Bob painfully
etc.
[edit] Words that can be used to describe speech
acknowledged, agreed, announced, answered, asked, asserted, articulated, argued, barked, begged, belched, claimed, commented, communicated, complained, conceded, concluded, confirmed, contended, continued, declared, denied, described, drooled, echoed, enquired, exclaimed, expressed, found, gasped, gestured, giggled, granted, grumbled, hinted, hollered, illustrated, implied, informed, insisted, laughed, maintained, mentioned, mumbled, muttered, narrated, noted, observed, offered, ordered, pleaded, pointed out, questioned, recounted, refuted, related, reminded, repeated, replied, reported, responded, restated, revealed, sang, screamed, scoffed, shouted, sighed, smiled, sneered, snickered, speculated, spewed, stated, suggested, supposed, told, uttered, voiced, whispered, yelled
said or spoke
All possibly with appropriate adverbs
[edit] Relevant adverbs
hurriedly, quietly, loudly, shakily, breathlessly, tiredly, happily, forcefully, strongly, weakly
[edit] See also
[edit] External links
'words to use instead of said' [1] [2] [3]
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