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extra credit exercise: adjectives and adverbs
points: _
1100
cross out prepositional phrases. underline the subject once and the verb (verb phrase) twice.
circle all the adjectives and adverbs and draw an arrow to the word each modifies
1. after the two-week camping trip. donna gazed gratefully at her warm bathroom and
clean towels
2. that show is the dullest one on television
3. paul gripped the handle tightly and gave the barman the signal.
4. a heavy snowfall arrived early in december
5. they were expecting an announcement about the baby's birth today.
6. the country and the city are two very different places to live.
7. i have a terribly high fever and a deep cough.
8. during the spring thunderstorm, each booming clap of thunder scared me.
9. xavier has never had a higher fever or a deeper cough.
10. "am i now seeking the approval of man, or of god? "

Who is the speaker? read the quotations and answer the questions for each quote. quotation analysis "those who labor in the earth are the chosen people of " what is the main idea of the quotation? who do you think is the speaker? what evidence from the background reading leads you to the conclusion about the speaker? 2. "all communities divide themselves into the few and the many. the first are rich and well born, the other the mass of the people…" what is the main idea of the quotation? they divided the people in between rich and poor who do you think is the speaker? hamilton what evidence from the background reading leads you to the conclusion about the speaker? federalists believed that the country should be ruled by the by the best people 3. "laws are made for men of ordinary understanding and should, therefore, be construed by the ordinary rules of common sense." what is the main idea of the quotation? who do you think is the speaker? what evidence from the background reading leads you to the conclusion about the speaker? 4. "a fondness for power is implanted in most men, and it is natural to abuse it when acquired." what is the main idea of the quotation? who do you think is the speaker? what evidence from the background reading leads you to the conclusion about the speaker?