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Image Grammar
Brushstroke #1
Adjective + Adjective
Make sure you are jotting this information down
This “brush stroke” will not only review parts of speech, but it will also illuminate your writing
Painting with Adjectives
Use an adjective + an adjective to describe a noun or pronoun in a sentence. Play around with the order, the adjectives can go anywhere
Here’s an example
Old and wrinkled, the woman smiled upon her newborn great-grandson.
Now let’s try one of yours!
Brush Stroke #2
Painting with infinitive verbs
What is an infinitive verb?
An infinitive verb is a verb in its “raw” form
For example: dance, sing, talk, smoke, jump
Words like: dancing, sung, talked, jumps…all have endings that change the meaning or significance of the word
How do you use this technique?
Here is an example: To bake a cake, you must have all of the ingredients.
ORTo dance, you must have
rhythm.
Brush Stroke #3
Painting with Absolutes
What is an Absolute
In easy terms, an absolute is a noun + an ing word
Example: Engine smoking, gears grinding, the car chugged into the parking lot.
Brush Stroke #4
Painting with Active verbs
What is a passive verb?
A passive verb is a verb that utilizes one of the forms of “to be”
Is, am, are, was, were, be, being, been
Example: The grocery store was robbed.
Active Verbs
Example: Two armed men robbed the grocery store.