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.

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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.