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DRESS-UPS
Mrs. Nabakowski
WHAT ARE DRESS-UPS?
Parts of speech that add style to your writing. (They dress-up your writing.)
1. STRONG VIVID VERB (SVV)
A strong vivid verb is a powerful verb that creates a strong feeling or vivid
image.
ran or SPRINTED?
fell or TUMBLED?
yelled or SNAPPED?
frowned or POUTED?
cried or WAILED?
wanted or LONGED for?
talked on or RAMBLED?
ate or GOBBLED?
STRONG VIVID VERBS (SVV) CONTINUED
On your whiteboard, write a strong vivid verb to replace each of the following:
think
eat
push
walk
drink
cry
show
fix
2. QUALITY ADJECTIVES (ADJ.)
A quality adjective is a word that modifies a noun or pronoun.
HINT: Quality adjectives will always precede or follow a noun or pronoun. ALWAYS.
Generally speaking, adjectives answer these questions:
Which One, What Kind, How Many?
QUALITY ADJECTIVES (ADJ) CONTINUED
Add a quality adjective for the underlined noun or pronoun in each sentence:
1. That meal filled me up.
2. The gorilla smashed bananas on his forehead.
3. Squirrels have taken over my yard.
4. Shopping at the mall is my favorite past-time.
Don’t forget:
Adjectives generally answer
1. Which one?
2. What kind?
3. How many?
5. Bo the dog drools everywhere when he gets excited.
6. Zombies might take over the world if the 10th graders don’t stop them.
7. The music on the radio is burning my ears.
3. PURPOSEFUL –LY ADVERBS (-LY)
A purposeful –ly adverb is a word that modifies an verb, adjective, or other adverb.
HINT: Just because it ends with “-ly,” does not mean it is an adverb!
IMPOSTERS: lovely, ugly, friendly, worldly, holy
Generally speaking, adverbs tell: Time, Manner, and Place.
PURPOSEFUL (–LY) ADVERB CONTINUED
Write all the –ly adverbs you find below on your whiteboard.
The heroic soldier swiftly rescued the injured puppy just as the building collapsed. The
pitiful puppy desperately snuggled into the soldier’s jacket as he ran furiously back to the
base. The enemy army was approaching rapidly, and the soldier could not bear to lose the
puppy along with so much else. He carefully placed the puppy under his bunk and ran
immediately back to the destroyed building to help his men. All at once, his men frantically
screamed for their hero-soldier to run. The soldier instantly reacted and dove mechanically for
nearby shelter, just as he had tirelessly practiced in training so many times. Ashes and debris
fell relentlessly around the soldier as he screamed out violently for help. Did the ghastly battle
claim another victim? The other men could only pray for mercy as they ripped debris away
from their brother.
Remember: Adverbs generally tell: Time, Manner, and Place.
4. POWERFUL NOUN (PN)
Powerful Nouns are nouns that give a description without the help of an adjective.
Examples:
nurse, doctor, pizza delivery boy, coworker, teacher, student, newlywed,
coach,
zombie-man, killer, soldier, so on and so forth.
POWERFUL NOUN (PN) CONTINUED
Write three powerful nouns to replace each of the following:
1. Woman
2. Kid
3. Man
4. lady
5. person
5. WHO/ WHICH CLAUSE (WW)
The who/which clause is an adjective clause that precedes or follows the noun it
is modifying.
Remember: It’s a CLAUSE, so it must have a SUBJECT and a VERB!
Who & Which are relative pronouns that begin our adjective clause.
In most cases, the WW clause is non-essential to the sentence, meaning the sentence
would be okay without the clause. Because of this, we use commas to set the clause
apart from the sentence.
Example: The dog, which smells terrible, just jumped on the couch. (If you take
“which smells terrible” out of the sentence, it is still a complete sentence.)
WHO/WHICH CLAUSE (WW) CONTINUED
How do you know which word to use?
WHO- use for people or a familiar animal (like your own pet)
WHICH- use for things or unfamiliar animals (like animals at the zoo)
BE AWARE!!! State of being verbs CANNOT be used in a WW clause!! (am, is, are,
was, were, be, being, been).
WHO/WHICH CLAUSE (WW) CONTINUED
Combine the following short sentences by using a WW clause.
1. Scott lived in Ireland. He wants to march in the St. Patrick’s Day Parade.
2. Taylor Swift sings funny songs. She has a new album called “1989.”
3. These three books are actually good. The teacher told us to read them.
4. I sent her a letter. It arrived three weeks later. (Hint: the WW goes at the end of
this sentence!)
WWW.ASIA.WUB CLAUSE (WUB)
The WUB clause is a clause used as an adverb. Because it is a clause, it must contain
a SUBJECT and a VERB.
Important: The adverb clause is not a complete thought. It answers the same
questions as an adverb: Time, Manner, Place
www.asia.wub is an acronym that stands for:
when, while, where, as, since, if, although, whereas, unless, and because.
(You may recognize as subordinating conjunctions.)
For our purposes, the adverb clause will begin with a www.asia.wub word.
WWW.ASIA.WUB (WUB)CONTINUED
Write the WUB from each of the following sentences.
1. Tommy scrubbed the bathroom until his arms ached.
2. My nephew screeched with excitement as he saw the ocean for the first time.
3. I don’t care for spaghetti although I devour pizza weekly.
4. The teacher took a computer course because she wanted to learn accounting.
5. You can buy a car if you save enough money for the first year of payments.
6. The biker rode home when his mom called.
Some Words to
look for:
Where
When
While
As
If
Since
Although
Whereas
Unless
Because