Title: Adjectives and Using
1Adjectives and Using Them in Your Writing
2What is an Adjective?
Words that describe nouns (people, places, or
things).
Ex The student had an astonishing grade.
3What can Adjectives Do?
Adjectives can
- compare objects or events
Ex The bright red car sped down the road.
bright red tells what kind
4Examples of Colorful Adjectives to Use
Instead of saying big
immense
enormous
colossal
spacious
vast
extensive
Instead of saying great
glorious
wonderful
magnificent
superb
terrific
Enormous Elephant
5How to Make Your Writing Better with Adjectives
Step 1 Write just like you would talk. Step 2
Put the writing away for a little while.l Step
3 Circle all the words that are common (that
you see used all the time)
6Step 4 Use a thesaurus or dictionary to look
for better words that mean the same
thing. Step 5 Juice up your writing! Make sure
it uses adjectives to describe
everything just like you would really
taste, feel, see, smell, and hear it.