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“Paint Your Picture”. Using Harry Noden’s TRIPLE PARTICIPLE Brush Strokes. Designed & Developed by Deanne Davis, Council Traditional School, 2006 (All Rights Reserved). Triple Participle Brush Strokes. A PARTICIPLE can help add visual description to your writing.
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“Paint Your Picture” Using Harry Noden’sTRIPLE PARTICIPLEBrush Strokes Designed & Developed by Deanne Davis, Council Traditional School, 2006 (All Rights Reserved)
Triple ParticipleBrush Strokes • A PARTICIPLE can help add visual description to your writing. • A PARTICIPLE is a verb that ends with –ing. • Use 3 (triple) PARTICIPLES, separated by commas, to add descriptive details to sentences.
Triple ParticipleBrush StrokeEXAMPLE #1: • Target sentence: A man bungeed from the bridge. • Target sentence with triple participles: Whooping, praying, and plummeting,a man bungeed from the bridge.
Triple ParticipleBrush StrokeEXAMPLE #2: • Target sentence: A tiny squirrel groomed its paws. • Target sentence with triple participles: Nibbling, lapping, and preening, a tiny squirrel groomed its paws.
Triple ParticipleBrush StrokeEXAMPLE #3: • Target sentence: The driver celebrated an easy victory. • Target sentence with triple participles: Cheering, bounding, and bellowing, the driver celebrated an easy victory.
Triple ParticipleBrush StrokeEXAMPLE #4: • Target sentence: The fajitas arrived at our table. • Target sentence with triple participles: Sizzling, crackling, and show-stopping, the fajitas arrived at our table.
Triple ParticipleBrush StrokeYOUR TURN: • Target sentence: The pirate fled from the angry natives.