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Activity 1: Analyzing Adjective and Adverb Use in Context 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 Harper's 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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