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Resource: Tons of Emotion Prompts
Not sure how your character is feeling? Not to worry, fret, or flounder. Below you’ll find 50 emotion prompts, and another 50 in the download at the bottom of this article. Use these prompts when you’re doing an exercise like “Same Lines, Different Meanings”; when your students need a descriptive word for their writing beyond happy, sad, or angry; or when you want your students to amp up the emotional arc of a scene.
- Joyful
- Thrilled
- Excited
- Ecstatic
- Enthusiastic
- Giddy
- Hopeful
- Silly
- Confident
- Proud
- Affectionate
- Compassionate
- Amused
- Courageous
- Peaceful
- Heroic
- Triumphant
- Determined
- Overjoyed
- Miserable
- Despairing
- Lonely
- Despondent
- Depressed
- Overwhelmed
- Rejected
- Secretive
- Regretful
- Ashamed
- Disappointed
- Awkward
- Grieving
- Dejected
- Hysterical
- Worried
- Panicked
- Furious
- Enraged
- Cranky
- Irritable
- Embarrassed
- Humiliated
- Offended
- Stressed
- Guilty
- Resentful
- Hostile
- Contemptuous
- Indignant
- Terrified
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