EXERCISE 5

● EXERCISE 5 ●

Following are examples of authors’ skillful use of modifiers, both single words and phrases. In each, identify the modifier or modifiers, and discuss the effect they create. Then write a sentence or passage of your own, emulating the writer’s technique.

  1. . . . . I realize to my horror that rap—music seemingly without melody, sensibility, instruments, verse, or harmony, music with no beginning, end, or middle, music that doesn’t even seem to be music—rules the world.

    —James McBride

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    Chapter 11 - EXERCISE 5: - Following are examples of authors’ skillful use of modifiers, both single words and phrases. In each, identify the modifier or modifiers, and discuss the effect they create. Then write a sentence or passage of your own, emulating the writer’s technique. - . . . . I realize to my horror that rap—music seemingly without melody, sensibility, instruments, verse, or harmony, music with no beginning, end, or middle, music that doesn’t even seem to be music—rules the world. —James McBride
  2. He’s usually a football player, muscular but dumb, with a face like a beer mug and only two ways of speaking—in a conspiratorial whisper, to a friend; or in a drill sergeant’s sudden bellow.

    —David Denby

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    uZxg83qH9uNZ3NUqyV8wT7hdxc9/5MQeJeZaOsQNhvI0w6Xk3EOeDQ1B873FE1s7
    Chapter 11 - EXERCISE 5: - Following are examples of authors’ skillful use of modifiers, both single words and phrases. In each, identify the modifier or modifiers, and discuss the effect they create. Then write a sentence or passage of your own, emulating the writer’s technique. - He’s usually a football player, muscular but dumb, with a face like a beer mug and only two ways of speaking—in a conspiratorial whisper, to a friend; or in a drill sergeant’s sudden bellow. —David Denby
  3. Broadly speaking, there are none but corn-pone opinions. And broadly speaking, corn-pone stands for self-approval.

    —Mark Twain

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    Chapter 11 - EXERCISE 5: - Following are examples of authors’ skillful use of modifiers, both single words and phrases. In each, identify the modifier or modifiers, and discuss the effect they create. Then write a sentence or passage of your own, emulating the writer’s technique. - Broadly speaking, there are none but corn-pone opinions. And broadly speaking, corn-pone stands for self-approval. —Mark Twain
  4. Outside in the garden, peacocks screech.

    —Kwame Anthony Appiah

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    uZxg83qH9uNZ3NUqyV8wT7hdxc9/5MQeJeZaOsQNhvI0w6Xk3EOeDQ1B873FE1s7
    Chapter 11 - EXERCISE 5: - Following are examples of authors’ skillful use of modifiers, both single words and phrases. In each, identify the modifier or modifiers, and discuss the effect they create. Then write a sentence or passage of your own, emulating the writer’s technique. - Outside in the garden, peacocks screech. —Kwame Anthony Appiah
  5. The difference with zombies, of course, is that it’s possible to like a specific vampire temporarily, which isn’t really an option with the undead.

    —Chuck Klosterman

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    uZxg83qH9uNZ3NUqyV8wT7hdxc9/5MQeJeZaOsQNhvI0w6Xk3EOeDQ1B873FE1s7
    Chapter 11 - EXERCISE 5: - Following are examples of authors’ skillful use of modifiers, both single words and phrases. In each, identify the modifier or modifiers, and discuss the effect they create. Then write a sentence or passage of your own, emulating the writer’s technique. - The difference with zombies, of course, is that it’s possible to like a specific vampire temporarily, which isn’t really an option with the undead. —Chuck Klosterman
  6. On Jan. 24, the Fox network showed an episode of its hit drama 24, the real-time thriller known for its cliffhanger tension and often-gruesome violence.

    —Steven Johnson

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    uZxg83qH9uNZ3NUqyV8wT7hdxc9/5MQeJeZaOsQNhvI0w6Xk3EOeDQ1B873FE1s7
    Chapter 11 - EXERCISE 5: - Following are examples of authors’ skillful use of modifiers, both single words and phrases. In each, identify the modifier or modifiers, and discuss the effect they create. Then write a sentence or passage of your own, emulating the writer’s technique. - On Jan. 24, the Fox network showed an episode of its hit drama 24, the real-time thriller known for its cliffhanger tension and often-gruesome violence. —Steven Johnson
  7. The ad was for a rice flour mix that could be used to make dosas, idlis, and vadas—distinctly south Indian treats.

    —Deirdre Straughan

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    uZxg83qH9uNZ3NUqyV8wT7hdxc9/5MQeJeZaOsQNhvI0w6Xk3EOeDQ1B873FE1s7
    Chapter 11 - EXERCISE 5: - Following are examples of authors’ skillful use of modifiers, both single words and phrases. In each, identify the modifier or modifiers, and discuss the effect they create. Then write a sentence or passage of your own, emulating the writer’s technique. - The ad was for a rice flour mix that could be used to make dosas, idlis, and vadas—distinctly south Indian treats. —Deirdre Straughan