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Sentence Skills, Form A book cover
Sentence Skills, Form A, 7/e
John Langan, Atlantic Cape Community College
Adjectives and Adverbs

Writing On and Offline

These writing prompts are followed by text boxes for your input. If you are working online and your instructor has given you the go-ahead, you can send your work to him or her by clicking the "Submit Answers" button. If you are working offline, you will have to copy your answers (CTRL-C on most systems) and paste them (CTRL-V) into a text document to retain a record of your work.





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Activity 1:

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

Feed Magazine

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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Activity 2:

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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