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Brannan: A Writer's Workshop
A Writer's Workshop: Crafting Paragraphs, Building Essays
Bob Brannan, Johnson County Community College
Adjectives and Adverbs: Words that Describe

Writing On and Offline



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Directions: This activity will help familiarize you with professional writers' use of adjectives and adverbs. Visit any or all of the following sites and locate an essay that interests you.

The New York Times Magazine

The Atlantic Monthly

Salon Magazine

New Scientist

The Smithsonian

Examine your essay paying special attention to adjectives and adverbs. How does the writer you've chosen employ adjectives and adverbs? What work do they do?

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Directions: For additional help with adjectives and adverbs, visit The Purdue University Online Writing Lab and take notes during your visit there.









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