Question

What is the purpose of a modifier in writing?

Answer 1

Answer:

A) to add more detail

Explanation:

The modifier in writing is to describe. The modifier is a word, phrase that describes another word or phrase. It changes or explains the word in a sentence to emphasize something or to explain something or to add more details. The most common modifiers are adverbs and adjectives.

For example 'black boots', in this phrase, the adjective 'black' is a modifier that describes the noun 'boots'.

Answer 2

Answer:

A) to add more detail

Explanation:

Modifier is a single word, a phrase or even a clause that, as the name suggests, modifies certain word (a noun, a verb etc.)

This basically means that it provides us with more detail and some extra specific information.

Let's look at the example:

A boy sat in front of the house.

Adding some modifiers, we could get:

A small, sad-looking boy with red hat sat in front of the big, old, abandoned house.

All these modifiers added details that helped us visualize better and more vividly this scene.

Often these modifiers do completely opposite of help writing be more concise, so one should be careful when using them.