Teaching Resource
Emotional Vocabulary - Scared Cat
A scared cat displaying different words that can be used for that emotion.
Use this poster to encourage your students to use synonyms in their writing.
This poster is part of series including:
- Happy Dog – cheerful, elated, ecstatic, jubilant, thrilled, pleased, delighted, merry, and joyous.
- Sad Donkey – gloomy, depressed, sorrowful, unhappy, miserable, and melancholy.
- Angry Bull – irate, furious, cross, infuriated, outraged, irritated, enraged, and annoyed.
- Lonely Turtle – isolated, desolate, and solitary.
- Sorry Panda – regretful, apologetic, remorseful, and sorrowful.
- Shy Mouse – bashful, timid, hesitant, unassertive, introverted, and apprehensive.
- Scared Cat – frightened, petrified, terrified, startled, worried, nervous, anxious, and fearful.
- Confident Fox – bold, self-assured, brave, assertive, and secure.
- Interested Meerkat – curious, thoughtful, and inquisitive.
- Love Bunny – adore, idolize, like, respect, and have great affection for.
You can download all of these posters in our poster pack!
Common Core Curriculum alignment
- CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.W.3.5
With guidance and support from peers and adults, develop and strengthen writing as needed by planning, revising, and editing. (Editing for conventions should demonstrate command of Language standards 1-3 up to and including grade 3 here.)
- CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.W.4.5
With guidance and support from peers and adults, develop and strengthen writing as needed by planning, revising, and editing. (Editing for conventions should demonstrate command of Language standards 1-3 up to and including grade 4 here.)
- CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.W.5.5
With guidance and support from peers and adults, develop and strengthen writing as needed by planning, revising, editing, rewriting, or trying a new approach. (Editing for conventions should demonstrate command of Language standards 1-3 up to and inc...
- CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.L.4.5.C
Demonstrate understanding of words by relating them to their opposites (antonyms) and to words with similar but not identical meanings (synonyms).

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