Sunday, November 22, 2009

039 ADJECTIVES USED IN THE FILM 'CINDERELLA- EVER AFTER'

"Cinderella- Ever After" is an amazing film with Drew Barrimore in the title role.

This script has about 1500 sentences. Most of these sentences are very short and crisp. The adjectives used are, by and large, are of the common variety. But, they have been used quite effectively.

Here is an analysis of the adjectives used in the film's script.

Commonly used adjectives such as - big, small, great, safe, simple - I have left out.

Some of the important adjectives culled by me from the film are:-

1- absurd ,
2- astonishing ,
3- careful ,
4- certain ,
5- clumsy ,
6- even ,
7- exciting ,
8- festive ,
9- fuzzy ,
10- insidious ,
11- known ,
12- mighty ,
13- pathetic ,
14- rabid ,
15- remarkable ,
16- royal ,
17- second ,
18- selfish ,
19- slippery ,
20- soft ,
21- telling ,
22- valuable ,
23- waiting ,
24- wealthy ,
25- whispering ,
26- wild ,
27- willing ,
28- wonderful.


Here is a small quiz based on the adjectives used in the film:

Fill in the blanks, selecting appropriate words from the Choice Box.

SELECTION BOX:
Addicted ,
dangerous ,
grateful ,
horrible ,
insidious ,
lucky ,
natural ,
perfect ,
little ,
secret

QUESTION BOX:
1- You ____ little snipe.,
2- Excuse me, Sire, but there is nothing ___ about it.
3- (Henry) Do you really think there is only one ____ mate?
4- Of all the _____ jokes, making your mother a Countesse...,
5- Then, let's say, God puts two people on earth, and they are ____ enough to find one another.
6- He was _____ to the written word.
7- I was very _____ to her.
8- I had hoped to present a ____ lady.
9- Baroness, you are on ____ ground.,
10- You tire me out. Don't want to let that happen. A ____ scream so loud. Why did you let that happen?


SUGGESTED ANSWERS: 1: horrible 2: natural. 3: perfect. 4: insidious. 5: lucky. 6. addicted. 7. grateful. 8. little. 9. dangerous. 10. secret.

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