EN 2120 Lecture Notes - Lecture 6: Adverb, Preposition And Postposition, Handrail
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More parallelism: adjective series, adverb series, preposition series. An adjective modifies a noun (red car, black dress, yellow snow) John brought the red car with the blue trim. He drove it down the black asphalt road. He turned into his concrete driveway and parked. Then he walked up his stone walkway and placed his hand on the silver doorknob of the maple wood door. Use adjectives only when necessary; an adjective series is a useful way to pile on adjectives quickly in certain moments. A narcissistic, insensitive, semi-literate, unethical fool, he became the first director of the science program. Grey, motionless, dull clouds hung over the picnic. [notice the images and actions all in one sentence] An energetic, clear, simple, precise style makes this book easy to read. She found his attractive, smart, well-focused, soft-spoken, and dishonest. [notice how surprises can come at the end of the series] Reminder: use this technique sparingly: adverb series.