1. What feelings or emotions do you think the author is trying to elicit in this paragraph? Why do you think

that? 

 

 

 

 

 

 

2. Which sentence from the above passage would you like to manipulate? Write the

sentence below. Underline the subject once and the verb (or verb phrase) twice.

 

 

 

 

 

 

3. List the nouns in this sentence.

 

 

 

 

 

 

4. List the verb (or verb phrase) in this sentence.

 

 

 

 

 

 

5. List the adjectives.

 

 

 

 

6. List the adverbs.

 

 

 

 

 

 

7. What words are left?

 

 

 

 

 

 

8. Looking at the sentence you chose, what are some other adjectives you could use, but

keep the same meaning of the sentence?

 

 

 

 

 

 

9. Looking at the sentence you chose, what are some other adverbs you could use, but

keep the same meaning of the sentence?

 

 

 

10. Looking at the sentence you chose, what is another verb (or verb phrase) you could

use, but keep the same meaning of the sentence?

 

 

 

 

 

 

11. Rewrite the sentence using different adjectives, adverbs, and verbs but keep the same

meaning.

 

 

 

 

 

 

12. Rewrite the sentence using different adjectives, adverbs, and verbs but change the

meaning of the sentence.