Adjectives are powerful weapons in the writer's arsenal. This is not a revelation. Adjectives bring a sunset to life or describe a smell such that you want to taste its source or run the other direction. These are the typical uses of adjectives. Used well, they make something ordinary extraordinary.
But what about unusual uses? If you refer to a "polite teenager" or a "patient toddler" you are either making it clear this is a work of fiction, this is an amazing child or you are being rather sarcastic. How delightful that a single word can carry so much meaning.
The above examples are oxymorons, but there are other ways a single adjective can convey a unique meaning. Think about a "talkative apple" or a "marble stare." What image comes to mind with a "withered porch" or the "luminescent sparrow"? I like the thoughts of a "cranky Cadillac" and an "impatient piano." Does it pique your curiosity to know how a piano could be impatient? Or maybe you've already thought of a few ways.
Whatever your thinking, hopefully you'll leave this blog and have a delicious day.
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