EXERCISE 35.3: THINKING CRITICALLY
Reading with an Eye for Adjectives and Adverbs
Gwendolyn Brooks “describes the ‘graceful life’ as one where people glide over floors in softly glowing rooms, smile correctly over trays of silver, cinnamon, and cream, and retire in quiet elegance.”
—MARY HELEN WASHINGTON, “Taming All That Anger Down”
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Adjectives are set in italics; adverbs are set in boldface.
graceful; softly; glowing; correctly; silver; cinnamon; cream; quiet
Thinking about Your Own Use of Adjectives and Adverbs
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