Practice 2: Unscrambling to Imitate
In the model and the scrambled list, identify the delayed adverb. Next, unscramble and write out the sentence parts to imitate the model. Finally, write your own imitation of the model and identify and delayed adverb.

Model: As I watched him, he seemed to adjust himself a little, visibly
--F. Scott Fitzgerald, The Great Gatsby
Visibly

a. a bit
b. she tried to excuse herself
c. when she told him
d. lamely
When she told him, she tried to excuse herself, a bit, lamely.
Lamely

Own Sentence: The woman ran, to get away from the man, clumsily.

Practice 3: Combining to Imitate
In the model identify the delayed adverbs. Next, combine the list of sentences to imitate the model. Finally, write your own imitation of the model and identify any delayed adverbs.

Model: The cars traveled Reynolds Streets, slowly and evenly.
--Annie Dillard, An American Childhood
Slowly Evenly

a. a girl crossed a street
b. The street was Washington Avenue.
c. She crossed the street confidently.
d. And she cross the street purposefully.
A girl crossed a street, Washington Avenue, confidently and purposefully.
Confidently Purposefully

Practice 4: Imitating
Identify the delayed adverbs in the models and sample imitations. Then write an imitation of each model sentence, one sentence part at a time.

1. Still winder, Smith sat up, slowly,
--Robert Ludlum, The Moscow Vector
Slowly

Sample: Almost finished, Peter speed up triumphantly.
Triumphantly

Own Sentence: As the day came to a close, he finished his homework, tiredly.

2. We explored the streams, quietly, where the turtles slid off the sunny logs and dug their way into the soft lake bottom.
--E.B. White "Once More to the Lake"
Quietly

Sample: We walked the streets, dreamily, where the sun set in the crystal sky and melted its way over the inky black skyscrapers.
Dreamily

Own Sentence: We played our games, excitedly, in a room lit only by the bright tv screen flashing with the video game.

3. He was clambering, heavily, among the creepers and broken trunks, when a bird, a vision of red and yellow, flashed upwards with a witch-like cry.
--William Golding, Lord of the Flies
Heavily

Sample: She was running, desperately, between the road the railroad track, after a car, her hope for escape and rescue, passed by with an oblivious driver.
Desperately

Own Sentence: I was sprinting, clumsily, toward the exit, the building was burning down around me!