Grammar/Composition III
Image Grammar
Section 1: “Painting Brush Strokes”
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Now that we have studied five types of brush strokes, read through the essay that you
wrote and see what types of brush strokes you have included. Modify your essay as
needed to meet the requirements of this assignment.
Your assignment is to write down ten sentences – two sentences for each type of brush
stroke – from your essay.
Sentences containing a participial or participial phrase
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Sentences containing an absolute or absolute phrase
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Sentences containing adjectives out-of-order
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Sentences containing action verbs
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Sentences containing an appositive or an appositive phrase
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Bonus: Sentence containing an advanced brush stroke, which can be either of the
following:
- a series of two or more participial phrases
- a combination of a participial phrase and an absolute phrase
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