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PARTICIPLE --ing or –ed verb tagged on the beginning or ending of a sentence (4) Shaking, the boy continued to climb. Shaking from fright, the boy continued.

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2 PARTICIPLE --ing or –ed verb tagged on the beginning or ending of a sentence (4) Shaking, the boy continued to climb. Shaking from fright, the boy continued to climb.

3 ABSOLUTE --ing or –ed verb PLUS A NOUN tagged on the beginning or ending of a sentence (4) Eyes darting, the boy kept watch. Eyes darting from side to side, the boy kept watch.

4 APPOSITIVES Noun which renames a previous noun
My teacher, Mrs. Coffey, is verbose. My teacher, the incredible Mrs. Coffey, is verbose.

5 ADJECTIVES OUT OF ORDER
Normal: The quick brown fox jumped over the lazy dog. Shifted: The fox, quick and brown, jumped over the lazy dog.

6 ACTIVE VERBS Subject completes the strong action of the verb
Reduces the use of BEING verbs The student aced the test. (Active Voice) NOT: The test was aced by the student. (Passive Voice)


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