The prompt:
Inventory is a method of analysis and classification that consists of isolating and listing the vocabulary of a pre-existing work according to parts of speech. Choose a newspaper article or passage from a newspaper article and “inventory” the nouns, verbs, adjectives, adverbs, conjunctions, articles, etc. Bonus points for creative presentation of your final lists.
The process:
I made a chart. Well, first I chose the first article I saw and it didn't involve the Marathon. Woo!! Then I made the chart. I decided to leave the proper nouns alone. Blech! I don't like them. Only 1 adverb...YET. Honestly, these prompts make me second guess myself on my language knowledge.
I honestly don't want to do the html code for a table..I did that today at work several times so i am just going to use a screenshot. How lazy am I????
I only chose the
So here we go:
As you can see, my image goes out of bounds slightly..ha! Secondly..I only have 3 verbs.
So I think I am going to write some nonsense. I first thought of using the words going across and then I thought..nah...here's my chance to just mess this up.
I tried and tried and tried some more. I finally came up with using articles and conjunctions and nouns and adjectives. It came to be a bit of a list.
The result:
Mill Mansion
Sweeping and sailing and seaside
The town
The inn
The park
A race
A morning
A rubber
On waterfront
On granite
On trend
Another tourist
Another postcard
Another weekday
Into basement
Into museum
Into people
Where is
Where found
Where stream
Source:
Woolhouse, Megan. "Yachts and a food pantry in uneasy juxtaposition." The Boston Globe. 23 Apr 2014. A1-A7. Print.
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