Transcript Painting with Brushstrokes

Painting with
Brushstrokes
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 it’s modifying
 If it is removed from the sentence, the
sentence still makes sense.
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Participle
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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Examples of 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.
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How can we change these sentences to
include a participle phrase?
Why are these not participles?
Two word combination that adds to the
action of a sentence
 noun + -ing or –ed verb
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Absolute
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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Examples of 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.
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How can we change these sentences to
include an absolute?
Why are these not absolutes?
Noun that adds a second image to a
preceding noun
 Expands the reader’s imagination
 Must be next to the noun it’s modifing.
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Appositive
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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Examples of 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.
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How can we change these sentences to
include an appositive?
Why are these not appositives?
Amplify the details of an image
 Leave one adjective in its place and move
the others after the noun.
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Adjectives shifted 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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Examples of Adjectives out of
order
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Eliminates passive voice
 Stays away from using being verbs: was,
be, were, etc.
 Replace still photos with motion pictures
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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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Examples of action verbs
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