Download with her puppies

A Brief Overview of
Brushstrokes
(Image Grammar)
Core Sentence:
The dog walked across the lawn.
#1 Painting with Absolutes
Simple Definition: a noun + an “-ing”
verb
Example: “Ears drooping”
New Sentence: Ears drooping, the
dog walked across the lawn.
#2 Painting with Appositives
Simple Definition: a noun that
renames the noun before it (use
an article-the,an,a- to be sure it is
an appositive)
Example: “a mixed Lab and Collie”
New Sentence: The dog, a mixed
Lab and Collie, walked across the
lawn.
# 3 Painting with Participles
Simple Definition: “-ing” or “-ed”
form of a verb
Example: “Foaming at the mouth”
New Sentence: Foaming at the
mouth, the dog, a mixed Lab and
Collie, walked across the lawn.
# 4 Painting with Prepositions
Simple Definition: a phrase with
an introductory “direction, time,
space” word
Example: “with her puppies”
New Sentence: The dog, a mixed
Lab and Collie, walked with her
puppies across the lawn.
# 5 Painting with Adjectives out
of Order
Simple Definition: placing
adjectives somewhere other
than before the noun
Example: “parched and hungry”
New Sentence: The dog, parched
and hungry, walked with her
puppies across the lawn.
# 6 Painting with Action Verbs
Simple Definition: Use strong
action verbs whenever possible
Example: “limped”
New Sentence: Ears drooping,
the dog, parched and hungry,
limped with her puppies across
the lawn.