Brushstroke #1: Participles and Participle Phrases

Running quickly, the boy reached the bus.

The diamond-back snake attacked its prey.

She is reading a book.

The cat sleeps on the mat.

It allows writers to only describe what they see.

It helps writers ignore imaginary details.

It lets writers include both visual and imaginary details in their descriptions.

It restricts writers to factual information only.

The diamond-back snake attacked its prey.

The snake was dangerous and fast.

Hissing, slithering, and coiling, the diamond-back snake attacked its prey.

The rattlesnake is brown and patterned.

Hissing its forked red tongue

The diamond-back snake attacked its prey

Coiling its cold body

Ready to strike

At the beginning or end of a complete sentence

In the middle of the sentence

Only at the end of the sentence

Anywhere in the sentence

The cowboy needed to stay on another fifteen seconds to win.

Struggling, holding, hoping, the cowboy fought to stay on long enough to win.

The man got out of the chair with difficulty.

The bull was strong and wild.

Create a simple sentence about the image

Look for specific details in the image

Add one to three ing participle brush strokes

Write only questions about the image

An ing word placed at the beginning or end of a sentence

A noun describing an action

A verb in the middle of a sentence

A type of punctuation