Amping up your Thesis with Adjectives

Amping up your Thesis with Adjectives

A Quick Adjectives Refresher

Job Description

​Adjectives describe nouns.

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​In your thesis, you'll likely describe your TOPIC with a noun or noun phrase.

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​The adjectives help you share your stance/opinion about the topic.

Fill in the Blank

Adjectives describe ______.

Let's consider this prompt: WRITE an essay explaining why hard work is necessary to be successful.

Your thesis might sound something like this:

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​Hard work is necessary to be successful in a lucrative career.

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Multiple Choice

Which word is an adjective that describes the underlined noun in the thesis statement?

Thesis: Hard work is necessary to be successful in a lucrative career.

• successful

• lucrative

• necessary

Multiple Choice

Which word is an adjective that describes the underlined noun in the thesis statement?

Thesis: Hard work is necessary to be successful in a lucrative career.

• successful

• work

• hard

Multiple Choice

Only one of the words below is an adjective. Choose the adjective that best describes worker in the example thesis below.

To go far in your career, you must be a _______ worker and have grit.

• diligent

• intelligence

• hardest

• capability

Multiple Choice

Identify the adjective(s) in the sentence below.

Grit and work ethic are two important traits of a successful employee.

• grit

  +

  ethic

• important

  +

  traits

• ethic

  +

  important

• important

  +

  successful

​Important + Successful

​Grit and work ethic are two important traits of a successful employee.

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​Important describes the traits.

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​Successful describes the employee.

​There are two main patterns for adjectives in English.

​1. Adjective (before) + noun

​​Hard work is necessary to be successful in a lucrative career.

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​2. Be + Adjective (after)

​Success in a career that is lucrative will demand hard work.

​before the noun after the noun

Multiple Choice

Identify the adjective describing the underlined noun in the sentence below?

Patrick loves the Indian food he can find in Las Colinas.

• Indian

• find

• loves

Multiple Choice

Identify the adjective describing the underlined noun in the sentence below?

Saanvi is excited and nervous about the party at Shanzay's house.

• excited + nervous

• party + house

• Saanvi + Shanzay

Multiple Choice

Identify the adjectives describing the underlined nouns in the sentence below?

Sam's pet snake seems upset by the new visitor.

• Sam's + upset

• upset + new

• seems + new

• Sam's + snake

• new + visitor

Independent Practice

• ​Go to NoRedInk.com --------->

• ​Begin the practice titled, "Practice with Adjectives."

• ​There are three levels to complete.

• ​If you get stuck, ask your teacher for help!