Page 5 Adjectives 

Choose Descriptive Adjectives


Another way of building sensory imagery is by using descriptive adjectives. 

Adding descriptive adjectives is like adding a spice to your food.

Adjectives are descriptive words such as grizzled, wizened, wrinkled, or crooked. 



Adjectives usually come before a noun or pronoun.

For example,  
In the wrinkled sea, the  crabbing boat bobbed uncertainly.

Adjective ... describes or tells something about ... Noun or Pronoun
wrinkled
sea (noun)
crabbing
boat (noun)

Adjectives can come after a linking verb, such as in these examples:
I am terrified.

Adjective ... describes or tells something about ... Noun or Pronoun
terrified
I (pronoun)

She feels weak and dizzy.
Adjective ... describes or tells something about ... Noun or Pronoun
weak, dizzy
she (pronoun)

While there are no good or bad adjectives, some are stronger than others.
  • big and friendly is less specific than crooked and wrinkled.



 To review adjectives, read pages 277 and 280 in ResourceLines 7/8.



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