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? |