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SENTENCE VITALITY

1. Pets, cars, teachers.2. Rover, my english professor.

EXAMPLES:An old blue car.A rusted baby-blue ´59 buick.

GENERAL AND SPECIFIC LANGUAGE

WORDS AND PHRASES THAT DESCRIBE NOUNS AND VERBS

Laura was a pretty girl with nice brown eyes.Laura was a fair-skinned girl with laughing brown eyes.

CONCRETE, SPECIFIC MODIFIERS

The city housing manager pointed out a row of old wooden houses.

The city housing manager pointed out a row of peeling and crumbling houses.

REPLACE STATIC VERBS WITH ACTION VERBS.

This problem will soon become evident.This problem will soon erupt.

STRONG VERBS

THANKS !

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