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Flashcards by Tahirintsoa Naharivelo, updated more than 1 year ago
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Created by Tahirintsoa Naharivelo
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| Question | Answer |
| Modifiers. | All adjectives and adverbs are modifiers but not all modifiers belong to the two groups. |
| Description. | form a picture in the reader's mind, through the 5 senses. |
| Descriptive language. | The use of adjectives and adverbs. |
| Adjectives. | further describes or modifies a noun or pronoun. |
| Adverbs. | anything that an adjective doesn't modify. (verbs, other adverbs, adjectives). |
| The royal order of Adjectives. | To lead a reader down a logical path: obsrvtn, phys desc: size, shape, age, color; origin; material; qualifier. |
| Comparative adjectives. | comparative -er, superlative -est. |
| One syllable ends with 2 consonants. | Simply add -er & -est at the end: Fast, faster, fastest. |
| CVC pattern: consonant, vowel, consonant. | Double the final consonant. Big, bigger, biggest. |
| 2 syllables & end in -y | Drop the -y and replace it with -ier. Happy, happier, happiest. |
| Anything else. | Add more and (the) most before the main adjective. Modern, more modern, the most modern. |
| Irregular. | doesn't follow the pattern. Good, better, best. Bad, worse, the worst. |
| Compound adjectives. | 2 adjectives connected with a hyphen to make 1 adjective with one meaning. |
| examples. | man-eating, heavy-metal. |
| Pronouns as adjectives. | Demonstrative & possessive. It's is [her] car. We are using [that] shovel. |
| Prepositional Phrases as Adjectives. | The books [on the curriculum] Don't judge a book [by its cover]. |
| Adverbs. | Come after the verb, modifies verbs, adjectives & other adverbs. |
| Hyphenated Adverbs. | An adjective attached to an adverb. Adv modifies the Adj and Adj is modifying the noun. |
| Example. | [Beautiful-looking] flowers. [best-known] author. |
| How to chose between adjectives and adverbs. | Want to modify the noun or pronoun: Adjectives. Want to modify an action or anything else: Adverbs. |
| an intuitive way to chose. | As a writer, what do you want to emphasize to the reader more? The action or the noun? |
| Speech rules. | She plays basketball [well]. I am doing [well]. both plays and doing are verbs. |
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