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Abraham Puthihari Renee Hoang Quan Tu Weixiang

Adjectives. Abraham Puthihari Renee Hoang Quan Tu Weixiang. BONES. Their Objective: Adjectives are Modifying words that describe a noun, such as size, color, and number. BONES. Types Limiting : include articles “ a door, the cellar” Possessive: show possession

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Abraham Puthihari Renee Hoang Quan Tu Weixiang

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  1. Adjectives Abraham Puthihari Renee Hoang Quan Tu Weixiang

  2. BONES • Their Objective: • Adjectives are Modifying words that describe a noun, such as size, color, and number.

  3. BONES • Types • Limiting : include articles • “ a door, the cellar” • Possessive: show possession • “his cat, my favorite” • Demonstrative : describe if the noun is plural or singular • “this closet, these fish” • Indefinite: refers to one or more unspecified beings, objects, or places • “any bathroom, • Interrogative: used in questions, demanding to know more about the noun • “which key?” • Numbers : describe the noun in terms of quantity • “ three pigs” • Attributive: these modifiers completely change the meaning of the noun • “ wine bar, Hammer time” • Compounds: Often hyphenated compounds of adjectives grouped together • “no-good-dead-beat remote”

  4. BONES • Exceptions: • Adjectives usually come before the noun, but there a few exceptions… • Adjective follows a noun often in established terms • “ attorney general, notary public” • Poetic approach/ Reversing order • “The loving hangs of the Almighty cradled him in bliss eternal” • Linking verb between adjective and noun • “I agree that he’s lusty, but I never said he wasindiscriminate.”

  5. FLESH • The readers may not be as patient or perceptive as yourself • Fine-tune your adjectives • Why would we use a generic red when we have a lot of given options such as: cherry cardinal, scarlet, ruby, wine.. Etc. • For example: • My car’s color is red. • My car’s color is crimson red.

  6. FLESH • Each specific and unexpected adjective will make your own style • Be selective on choosing the adjectives • For example: • She’s a nice, good looking woman. • She’s a gorgeous woman.

  7. CARDINAL SINS • Descriptive terms that only occasionally, sparingly, and absolutely. • SINS: • Weak, generic adjectives. • Don’t slap on an adjective that merely repeats what the noun or verb makes obvious • For example: • “the first vote we’ll start with” - fist is extraneous.

  8. CARDINAL SINS • By the same token, pairing an adjective with a noun coined to mean the opposite leads to confusion • For example; • New tradition • Original copy

  9. CARDINAL SINS • Strong nouns create a better image than descriptive posers • For example: • “a luau of fruits and fishes” is better than “a delicious, inviting, attractive spread of food” • “Show, don’t tell”

  10. CARDINAL SINS • Let the readers taste for themselves, but not to tell them • Certain adjectives should be avoided if you want to “show” • Romantic, plastic, human, dead, living, sentimental, natural • Few words we have to specifically talk about: • Less and fewer: • Good and bad/ Well and badly are adverbs • Ex: “She is a good dance but a bad cook.”

  11. CARNAL PLEASURES • 4 Elements: • It can be empty • It can be repetive • It can be absurd • It can be vague http://

  12. CARNAL PLEASURES • Reason: • To create a famous brand name or cultural icon • To eliminate the use of nouns

  13. THE END

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