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how english works:
adjectives and adjectival Phrases
Learning Target
• Explain how well the author uses language to develop the characters in a novel. Adjectives and Adjectival Phrases
Walk Two Moons is a novel written in the first-person point of view. The narrator is a character in the story, telling about her journey and encounters with other characters as she searches for her mother. The author uses descriptive words and phrases to reveal characters’ thoughts, feelings, and traits.
An adjective is a word that modifies a noun or pronoun. The sky is blue.
In this example, blue is the adjective that modifies the noun sky.
An adjectival phrase is a group of words that function as an adjective.
The book on the shelf is the one to read if you are working on the report. The adjectival phrases one the shelf and to read both modify the noun book.
Language Resources: Adjectives and Adjectival Phrases
Skim through Walk Two Moons, looking for sentences you like that have adjectives or adjectival phrases. Write three examples of each in the chart. Use the Language Resources: Adjectives and Adjectival Phrases chart for support.
Adjectives
brave
courageous
shy
loud
timid
reluctant
Adjectival Phrases
white as milk
stiff, new clothes
cold, icy winter
shiny, blond hair
bright blue eyes
strong as an ox
Examples of Adjectives from Walk Two Moons
Examples of Adjectival Phrases from Walk Two Moons
quiet
yellow as a crow’s foot
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