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Types of Descriptive <strong>Language</strong><br />

1. Nouns:<br />

Person, place, or thing<br />

2. Verbs:<br />

Shoe boot Stiletto heel<br />

Action words<br />

3. Adjectives:<br />

Threw tossed catapulted<br />

Words that modify nouns or pronouns<br />

4. Adverbs:<br />

“The grandmotherly elephant”<br />

Words that modify everything else<br />

(verbs, adverbs, other adjectives)<br />

“He drove slowly”

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