Image Grammar Quiz

This technique uses a verb as an adjective to describe a noun.

What is at work here? The bird, its wings spreading, leaped off the branch and into flight.

What technique is being used in the following:  Bill, a man of his word, followed through.

This technique uses a noun as an adjective to describe another noun.

Mosquitoes completely filled the air above us, hovering there, skinny, black, and silent.

Winston Smith, chin nuzzling into his breast , slipped quickly through the glass doors.

He flung himself against the door and heaved it to; then he wedged it with broken sword-blades.

What is at work here? The team, sifting through their bags , waited for the coach.

How does the use of image grammar techniques help your writing?

This technique uses a noun and a participle to describe a noun in a sentence.

What is at work in the following: The table, wide and shabby, sat in the corner of the room.

The hangman, a grey-haired convict in a white uniform , was waiting beside his machine.

The dragon hissed, spitting jets of green poison that smoked on the mossy ground.

This technique simply moves adjectives to follow the nouns they describe.

What is at work in the following: Breathing a final sigh of relief, Joe left the office.