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One of my descriptive words was floral.

Synonyms for floral include these: blooming. blossoming. flower-patterned. sylvan. verdant ... Drab in winter, then suddenly sodden with alpine runoff, the region turns dazzlingly ...

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One of my descriptive words was floral.

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    Beverly Shores, Indiana Carla Beard

    Slide 2:One of my descriptive words was floral. Synonyms for floral include these:

    blooming blossoming flower-patterned sylvan verdant

    Slide 3:I chose verdant, which means

    green in tint or color <verdant grass> green with growing plants <verdant fields>

    Slide 4:Model Sentence #1

    Drab in winter, then suddenly sodden with alpine runoff, the region turns dazzlingly verdant in spring. -- Patricia Albers, Shadows, Fire, Snow

    Slide 5:Model Sentence #2

    Do you know that charming part of our country which has been called the garden of France - that spot where, amid verdant plains watered by wide streams, one inhales the purest air of heaven? -- Alfred de Vigny

    Slide 6:My Sentence

    Even a sandy dune can be verdant with wildflowers.

    Slide 7:Sources Used

    Charles W. Cushman Photograph Collection, http://webapp1.dlib.indiana.edu/cushman/ Thesaurus.com, http://thesaurus.reference.com/browse/verdant Merriam-Webster.com, http://m-w.com/dictionary/verdant Dictionary.com Word of the Day, http://dictionary.reference.com/wordoftheday/archive/2003/03/17.html Brainy Quote.com, http://www.brainyquote.com/quotes/quotes/a/alfreddevi317458.html

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