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Hyphenated Modifier

Hyphenated Modifier. Add Style to Writing. Stephen King Example. King tells the story of having an ear infection. He describes how the doctor drained the ear with a big needle. Later he wants to refer to that experience. He calls it…. “The old, needle-in-the-ear trick”. Ouch!.

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Hyphenated Modifier

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  1. Hyphenated Modifier Add Style to Writing

  2. Stephen King Example • King tells the story of having an ear infection. • He describes how the doctor drained the ear with a big needle. • Later he wants to refer to that experience. • He calls it…

  3. “The old, needle-in-the-ear trick” Ouch!

  4. “needle-in-the-ear trick” • “The time I went to the doctor with an ear infection and he drained the pus by poking my ear with a huge needle.” • Not very catchy.

  5. Anatomy of a Hyphenated Modifier • Hyphenated Modifiers follow the adjective/noun pattern: • black dog • red truck • fun activities • chocolate cake • needle-in-the-ear trick

  6. Anatomy of a Hyphenated Modifier • 2 parts • #1 a noun that gets modified (needle) • #2 an adjective made up of a descriptive phrase put together with hyphens (needle-in-the-ear)

  7. Example #1 • Students come in on Monday morning. • They aren’t very energetic sometimes. • I tell them they have Monday-morning face.

  8. Parts Monday-morning face adjective noun

  9. Punctuation • My students have Monday-morning face. • Where does the hyphen go? • What comes before the noun? • Where is a comma?

  10. Example #2 • My daughters are crazy for the fancy icing on a cake. • You can see it in their eyes. • They get a crazed, go-for-the-frosting lookin their eyes. • Do you notice anything different in the punctuation?

  11. crazed, go-for-the-icing look , crazed go-for-the-icing look adjective adjective noun Insert a comma between two adjectives

  12. Student Example • “I didn’t want a cat. I wanted a dirty, tiny, weird, rat-looking hamster.” Saydie

  13. Student Example • My brother is a weird, annoying, talks-too-much, monkey-looking loser. Jennie • My dog has wouldn’t-hurt-a-fly instincts. Hannah

  14. Student Examples • I watched the hard-hitting linebacker smash the running back. Nick • I watched the strong, always-knocks-the-wind-out-of-you linebacker smash the running back. Nick

  15. Student Example • I want a sweet, ferocious-under-the-hood, fast-enough-to-kill-yourself car. Nate • Vampires have the I-don’t-need-anyone-else attitude. Alyssa • My eat-whatever-you-see sister is always shoving food in her face. Erika • I want to be that famous, always-gets-the-perfect-shot photographer. Madison

  16. Student Example • My sister had the I’m-going-to-kill-you, just-come-a-little-closer look. Maggie • She had that dreamy, oh-I’m-so-in-love look on her face. Leah • The ferocious, eat-every-living-thing-in-its-path cougar leaped onto a poor, defenseless deer. Brett

  17. Student Example • My cat is an ugly, fuzzy, eat-food-until-you-puke kind of cat. Kaitie • The grass-is-always-greener attitude never got anybody anywhere. Sam • My crazy, I’m-so-hyper-24/7 pit bull was ripping my favorite pillow apart. Rachael

  18. Notes: Hyphenated Modifier • A hyphenated modifier is an adjective • It is made by putting a phrase together with hyphens • It is used to modify a noun • “needle-in-the-ear trick”

  19. Notes: Hyphenated Modifier • It is not a list of separate adjectives • “I didn’t want a cat. I wanted a dirty, tiny, weird, rat-looking hamster.” • “Rat-looking” is the only hyphenated modifier in the sentence.

  20. Notes: Hyphenated Modifier • Do not place a comma between the HM and the noun it modifies. • Do place a comma between separate adjectives: They have a crazed, go-for-the-frosting look in their eyes.

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