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Sentence-Composing Tools
Delayed Adjectives
*Adapted from Grammar for High School: A Sentence-Composing Approach, by Don and Jenny Killgallon
Delayed Adjective
Definition:
An adjective placed after the word described.
Like opening adjectives, delayed adjectives can be a single
word or the first word in an adjective phrase.
Commas always punctuate a delayed adjective—one
comma if it occurs at the end of the sentence, two if
earlier in the sentence.
Examples of Delayed Adjectives:
Single delayed adjectives:
People under the helicopter ducked down, afraid, as if they were
being visited by a plague or a god.
Animal Dreams, Barbara Kingsolver
Multiple delayed adjectives:
Each snowflake was different, Sister Zoe said, like a person,
irreplaceable and beautiful.
“Snow,” Julia Alvarez
Delayed adjective phrase:
A dog came bounding among us with a loud volley of barks, and
leapt round us, wild with glee at finding so many human
beings together.
“A Hanging,” George Orwell
PRACTICE:
Write six sentences illustrating the use of delayed
adjectives. You should try two of each: single, multiple,
and phrase.
Share with your row partner.
Be prepared to share with the class.