IMAGE GRAMMAR 5 brushstrokes to make writing more descriptive.

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IMAGE GRAMMAR 5 brushstrokes to make writing more descriptive.

Painting with Appositives Zoom in and add a specific noun, set off by commas Example: – The car, a 1936 Model T Ford, chugged into the parking lot.

Painting with Appositives

Painting with Absolutes Noun paired with verb (-ing) or (-ed) Test add “was” or “were” and you will have a complete sentence. Modifies the entire sentence not just a part. They are always set off by a comma or dash because they are non-essential. Examples: – Engine choking- Jaws cracking –Arms outstretched- Heart pounding FORMULA: Noun + Participial/Adj. + Info

Painting with Absolutes

Painting with Participles -ing verb tagged on the beginning or end of a sent. Examples: – Hissing, slithering, coiling, the diamond-scaled snakes attacked their prey. (participles) – Hissing their forked, red tongues and coiling their cold bodies, the diamond-scaled snakes attacked their prey. (Part. Phrase) FORMULA: VERB + ING + INFO

Painting with Participles

Painting with Adjectives shifted out of order Example from The Hound of the Baskervilles: “and then, suddenly, in the very dead of the night, there came a sound to my ears, clear, resonant, and unmistakable.”

Painting with Adjectives shifted out of order

Painting with Action Verbs Being verb: The gravel road WAS on the left side of the barn. Action verb: The gravel road CURLED around the left side of the barn. Nothing is as critical as action verbs!

Painting with Action Verbs