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Painting with Brushstrokes
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Participle
  • Verb or verbal phrase that adds action to the
    sentence
  • Typically an ing or ed verb at the beginning or
    end of a sentence
  • Must be next to the noun its modifying
  • If it is removed from the sentence, the sentence
    still makes sense.

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Examples of participles
  • Longing for a single drop of water, Katniss looks
    to the skies in hopes of help from Haymitch.
  • Peeta and Katniss, flaming with beauty, easily
    take over the show.
  • Depressed, Katniss remembers Prim back at home.
  • Caught in the net, Rue motions for Katniss to
    draw near.

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Why are these not participles?
  • Quietly, I realized my life would be forever
    changed.
  • As her anger rises, Katniss begins to kill.
  • Emotionally, Katniss and Peeta share their first
    kiss.
  • How can we change these sentences to include a
    participle phrase?

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Absolute
  • Two word combination that adds to the action of a
    sentence
  • noun -ing or ed verb

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Examples of absolutes
  • Heart racing, I woke Katniss to tell her about
    the tracker jackers.
  • Wind rushing past my face, I looked around for
    hidden explosives.
  • Leg burning, I limp through the burning forest.

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Why are these not absolutes?
  • Stepping daintily over the grass, the dog tries
    to avoid getting water on his paws.
  • Glimmer, scared and excited, raced to beat the
    other Careers.
  • Her beautiful complexion, taunting enough an
    angel would envy it, was now concealed behind a
    mask of hardness.
  • How can we change these sentences to include an
    absolute?

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Appositive
  • Noun that adds a second image to a preceding noun
  • Expands the readers imagination
  • Must be next to the noun its modifing.

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Examples of Appositives
  • Walking towards the podium, Prim, a 12 year old
    girl, looks completely terrified.
  • Rue, the tribute from District 11, swings from
    tree to tree.
  • Claudius Templesmith, a creature-like being, sat
    perched on his mini-throne.
  • Katniss, a hunter, had skills I never dreamed of
    having.

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Why are these not appositives?
  • I remember carrying a bag, brightly colored, as I
    climbed through the muddy hills.
  • Prim, small and terrified, watched as Katniss
    dodged the fire.
  • Katniss, fierce and intelligent, was known as the
    girl on fire.
  • How can we change these sentences to include an
    appositive?

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Adjectives shifted out of order
  • Amplify the details of an image
  • Leave one adjective in its place and move the
    others after the noun.

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Examples of Adjectives out of order
  • The burning, merciless and unyielding sun wipes
    away any trace of the morning haze.
  • The burning sun, merciless and unyielding, wipes
    away any trace of the morning haze.
  • Sexy, cunning and dangerous, Glimmer advances
    with my bow and arrow.
  • Dangerous Glimmer, sexy and cunning, advances
    with my bow and arrow.

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Action Verbs
  • Eliminates passive voice
  • Stays away from using being verbs was, be, were,
    etc.
  • Replace still photos with motion pictures

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Examples of action verbs
  • The seal of the Capital was shining down upon the
    tributes in the arena.
  • The seal of the Capital shines above the tributes
    in the arena.
  • I was running through the forest, supporting
    Peeta with my shoulder.
  • I sprinted through the forest, supporting Peeta
    with my shoulder.

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