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== Modifiers, Qualifiers & Intensifiers == | == Modifiers, Qualifiers & Intensifiers == | ||
=== Modifiers === | |||
* modifiers change or add or "modify" the meaning of a word or sentence | |||
* modifiers provide or extent additional meaning to the reader | |||
* | * types of modifiers | ||
* | ** adjectives | ||
* | ** prepositions | ||
** | *** prepositional phrases | ||
** adverbs | |||
** verbs as modifiers | |||
*** participle phrase | |||
* | |||
** prepositional | |||
* adverbs | |||
* verbs as modifiers | |||
** participle phrase | |||
* other | * other | ||
** adjective clause | ** adjective clause | ||
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** adverbial clause | ** adverbial clause | ||
** absolute phrase | ** absolute phrase | ||
** Nouns as modifiers | |||
* Nouns as modifiers | |||
=== Qualifiers === | |||
* qualifiers limit, or "qualify," the meaning of a word | |||
* types of qualifiers: | |||
>> to do | |||
=== Intensifiers === | |||
* enhance or strengthen the meaning of a word | |||
** (opposite of qualifiers which limit the meaning of a word) | |||
* types of intensifiers: | |||
** positive intensifiers: | |||
*** very, extremely, absolutely, greatly, totally, highly, particularly, seriously, etc. | |||
** negative intensifiers: | |||
*** never, at all, dangerously, never, etc. | |||
** intensifiers that can be both positive or negative: | |||
*** awfully, completely | |||
* See | * See | ||
** [https://academicguides.waldenu.edu/writingcenter/grammar/modifiers Walden.edu Modifiers ] | ** [https://academicguides.waldenu.edu/writingcenter/grammar/modifiers Walden.edu Modifiers ] |