ADJECTIVES AKA MODIFIERS

DESCRIBING WORDS

1. WARM NIGHT.2. SOUR TASTE3. TERRIFYING NOISE4. BLUE NOSE5. RED HAIR.Adjectives used before the noun are also called premodifiers.

FIND THE ADJECTIVES IN THE PASSAGE.

ADJECTIVES CAN SHOW DESCRIBE THE INTENSITY OR STRENGTH OF EMOTION,

OPINIONS AND ATTITUDES.SIMPLE-

coldBeautifulPowerful

COMPARATIVE-colder

More beautifulMore powerful.

SUPERLATIVE-coldest

Most beautifulMost powerful

TURN THE ADJECTIVES ON PAGE 50 INTO COMPARATIVES AND SUPERLATIVES.

OTHER TYPES OF ADJECTIVES

Evaluative Adjectives: an adjective with an implicit degree of judgement or bias. They

may have positive or negative connotations: the gangly girl.

Descriptive Adjectives: Simply provide the information: the thin girl.

Emotive Adjectives: are intended to provoke an emotional reaction from the

audience: the anorexic-looking boy.

An attributive adjective is used to pre-modify therefore before a noun. Examples: ‘The empty bottle’; ‘An excessively large keyboard. You can also use the word premodifier

Predicative Adjective: An adjective used after the noun and verb. “He is devastated”, “The table is bare”. You can also use the word post-modifier.

LOOK AT THE ADJECTIVES YOU IDENTIFIED IN THE TEXT:Classify the adjectives.1) Can you find comparatives and

superlatives?2) Are the adjectives: evaluative,

descriptive or emotive?3) Are they predicative or attributive?4) What are the effects of the

adjectives? How do they represent the ideas? How do they show the writer’s attitude and authority?

ADVERBIALS

Modifies/describes a verb, adjective or whole clause. They can show how and when something happened.

E.g. He ran swiftlyCan end in ly. Uses one word or more than one word.

SPOT THE ADVERBS/ADVERBIALS

1. Nervously, he approached the fierce lion.

2. Peter, frequently visits the old store on Mansion Road.

3. The plane flew overhead and scared away the birds.

4. He kissed her tenderly on the cheek.5. Daniel checks the aquarium on a daily

basis.6. The boats made their way to the quay

and anchored alongside.

SIX TYPES OF ADVERBS/ADVERBIALS

Manner - the way in which something is done e.g. rapidly

Time – when something is done e.g. tomorrow

Place – where or in what direction something is done e.g. backwards. Place names.

Frequency – how often something is done e.g. frequently

Degree – to what intensity something is done e.g. very, quite

Comment – adding an opinion to a clause e.g. Unfortunately, Luckily.

Find and categorise these adverbials 1. Mr Jones ate the burger

hungrily.2. Yesterday, Mr Jones ate the

burger.3. Mr Jones ate the burger at his

desk.4. Happily, Mr Jones ate the

burger last week.

FIND THE ADJECTIVES AND ADVERBIALS ON PAGE 52

1. GMAP the text.2. Identify the mode features.3. Register.4. Adjectives and adverbials

1. Types of adjectives2. Types of adverbials3. Effects on meaning: representation of

ideas, writer’s authority and attitude, how they shape the reader’s response?

5. Identify and categorise the nouns.6. Link to lexis-semantics and phonology.7. Link to graphology.