Homogeneous and heterogeneous adjectives. Homogeneous and heterogeneous definitions in Russian

When developing a new lesson, we ask questions: what will we study, why and how? When determining the goal, we focus on the class level: lyceum - non-lyceum, as well as on the profile - humanitarian or non-humanitarian. After this, you can make a choice about what material to use - prepared in advance or used during the lesson. Without forgetting the “distant” goal - the formation of the student’s linguistic personality, in the humanities class we set tasks for each student - to determine his own position: speaker - writer, listener - reader. Both examine examples in which, under certain conditions, there is (or is not) a linguistic phenomenon, such as when agreed upon definitions will or will not be homogeneous. In this case, the punctuation rule ceases to be the organizing center; it is assimilated as a consequence arising from the analysis of phrases or sentences. The student comes to the conclusion: there are different variants placement of punctuation marks.

In a non-humanitarian, non-lyceum class, the goal can be formulated differently: it is necessary to competently and consciously use constructions with homogeneous/heterogeneous definitions in speech. Hence the tasks: find out when a comma is/is not placed between agreed definitions, learn to correctly read and write sentences with homogeneous/heterogeneous definitions, and be able to compose them correctly.

Independent research on the topic “Homogeneous and Not homogeneous definitions” promotes more durable assimilation and is better retained by long-term memory. We offer it in the humanities class in the form of laboratory work.

Preliminary homework to review what has been covered - answer questions, select examples:

– What minor members of a sentence do you know?

– Which part of the sentence is called the definition?

– What adjectives are qualitative, relative?

– What are the signs subordinating connection“coordination”?

– What parts of speech words agree with the noun?

– Which coordinating conjunctions are connecting?

– What divisive and adversarial conjunctions do you know?

(Questions can be given according to options, distributed among groups.)

PROGRESS OF THE FIRST LESSON

I. Preparatory stage

1. Checking homework.

2. Working with concepts homogeneous/heterogeneous.

1) Two rows of synonyms are given. Decide what synonyms the word goes with definition as a linguistic term.

a) Heterogeneous, mixed, diverse, heterogeneous, heterogeneous, heterogeneous, heterogeneous.

b) Similar, identical, close, similar, spitting image, similar, homogeneous, heterogeneous.

2) Think about what the phrases mean: homogeneous definitions, heterogeneous definitions.

II. Main stage

1. Updating attention. Motivation.

A student, telling the story of the appearance of a little magpie in the house, wrote: “I was walking through the autumn and damp park, when suddenly, either under a yellow or under a tall larch tree, I saw something I didn’t understand. Then someone small and black and with a white chest jumped out of the bush.”

Describing the chick’s character, the student made up the following phrases: self-reliant and independent, pugnacious and willful; either neat or capricious.

What speech and grammatical errors would you note?

2. Lesson form.

3. Topic of the lesson.

5. Task.

6. Work with handouts.

Exercise. Carefully read the examples from the book by A.M. Zimin “An Unfamiliar Familiar Forest” and fill out the tables.

Homogeneous definitions

Signs and conditions of homogeneity	Examples
1. List the characteristics of different objects
2. Characterize an object from one side, indicate its condition
3. The subsequent definition explains and clarifies the previous one
4. You can insert a conjunction between definitions And
5. Come after the word being defined
6. Expressed by adjective and participle phrases
7. Expressed with qualitative adjectives

A tall, thick bird cherry tree grows next to the bathhouse. A finch flew to a birch tree and sang short, cheerful songs. Never before have I seen so many white and yellow lilies. The fir trees were breathing in your face warm and thick aroma of pine needles. Large and small bubbles float with the current. Russula stands openly on the road - wet, pink, joyful. Birches dressed in gold, aspens and maples - in yellow, orange and purple dresses. On a gray bank that had not dried out from the spring water, a marigold bush opened its bright yellow buds. Nearby in the grass I found two young porcini mushrooms, browned in the sun. When they fly away in the spring winter birds, from the south swallows will come to visit: both village and city ones. It seemed that the sparrows had not come here to dine, but were starting a very interesting game with the bread crust, but incomprehensible to me. The rains are falling more and more often, and now there is a quiet, warm, leisurely rain, from which you don’t want to hide either under the tree or under the oilcloth. Under the tree grew lanky, toasted, bun-like porcini mushrooms, and round, reddish-brown boletus-barrels stood near the pines. The pot-bellied boletus is all in sight, respectable and proud.

Heterogeneous definitions

A small round forest lake. I found a convenient flat rock in the water. Young pink leaves appeared on the aspen tree. Quiet, motionless pines stood further from the water. A chaffinch and a willow warbler began to sing in the light birch forest. I walked along the black, burnt bank of the river. It was difficult to look for firewood in the dark, so I kept the fire going with dry grass from last year. The duckling swims up to the snag-seal, collects something from its wet, smooth back and talks to it about something. In the vague gray bushes the corncrake creaks tirelessly. I'm walking along an overgrown narrow road. Increasingly, the road is blocked by fallen, dry, gnarled trees. I part the grass and catch large ripe berries from it. Here, an amazing hectic life is in full swing around me. Only red marsh russula grew in the damp, mossy spruce forest. Made a noise over the forest thundercloud and left clean, warm puddles on the road.

7. Drawing up diagrams.

Homogeneous definitions – ,

heterogeneous definitions –

III. The final stage

1. Assess your condition and your work.

2. Comments and suggestions for the lesson.

IV. Homework(students' choice)

1) Select 8–10 sentences with homogeneous – heterogeneous definitions;

2) select a text containing sentences with homogeneous – heterogeneous definitions;

3) come up with 8–10 sentences with homogeneous – heterogeneous definitions;

4) compose a text containing sentences with homogeneous – heterogeneous definitions.

Material for the second lesson

1. Be careful! Determine whether the agreed adjectives in all sentences are modifiers.(Not in all of them. In examples 1, 3, 5, the adjectives are part of a compound nominal predicate.)

1) The dried moss crunched underfoot, and the cloudberries were surprisingly juicy and large.

2) A silver night moth flickers in a ray of light.

3) The river here is narrow, the banks are high and steep.

4) I came to collect cloudberries on a hot, windless day.

5) The thick litter of fallen leaves was dry and soft.

2. Explanatory dictation.

1) A queen bumblebee in a black fluffy coat with a yellow belt flew to our parking lot on the shore of the lake, humming with a bass voice.

2) It seemed that autumn had hung colorful holiday lanterns on the aspen tree.

3) The water in the river has already cooled down from the long cold nights and does not have time to warm up during the day.

4) Strong, sharp, alarming cries of a thrush were heard in the bushes.

5) I squeezed my large mushroom basket into my backpack, and together with my son we went to our treasured places to Spring Lake.

6) The marsh grass, cotton grass, approached the lake itself, its heads in white downy caps bent towards the water and began to listen to something. (A. Zimin)

3. Write down the text with a title and explain the punctuation marks. Check the author's punctuation.

The sky is clear blue sun, although not very warm, but bright and festive. Autumn cobwebs are silvering in the sky. Along the road there are colorful aspens. When the wind blows, the aspens throw heaps of red, yellow and orange leaves at me. I catch leaves on the fly and throw them up again, rejoicing along with the aspen trees on a fine autumn day.

And suddenly, in the wind, in the shadow of thick fir trees, I noticed a quiet young aspen with black leaves. What kind of grief does she have? He approached her and stood next to her, but he couldn’t help her, he couldn’t even ask her questions.

OSINKA IN MOURNING

The sky is clear, blue, the sun, although not very warm, is bright and festive. Autumn cobwebs are silvering in the sky. Along the road there are colorful aspens. When the wind blows, the aspen trees throw piles of red, yellow and orange leaves at me. I catch the leaves on the fly, throw them up again, rejoicing along with the aspen trees on a fine autumn day.

And suddenly, in the wind, in the shadow of thick fir trees, I noticed a quiet young aspen with black leaves. What kind of grief does she have? He approached her and stood next to her, but he couldn’t help her, he couldn’t even ask her questions. (A. Zimin)

4. Copy the text, insert homogeneous or heterogeneous definitions in place of the gaps. Underline homogeneous definitions with a wavy line.

GEESE FLIGHT AWAY

It's raining. With the wind. Sometimes drizzling, sometimes _______, _______, _______. In the wet _______ sky, geese flying south scream, screaming night and day, sometimes so high that they are not visible in the rain, and sometimes very low, right above the forest. And then it seems that a gusty _______ wind is carrying them along with the clouds to the south. The aspen and birch trees bow and wave their branches. Red and _______ leaves fall from the branches and fly after the geese. A flock of finches flies along with the leaves. You start to confuse where the finches are and where the leaves are. But then the finches flew away, and the leaves, exhausted, fell on the _______ _______ grass from the heavy rains, on the muddy and _______ road, on the pockmarked _______ puddles. Behind the birch forest the cries of geese can be heard again. The wind carries another flock of geese to the south. (A. Zimin)

5. Test. Indicate the numbers of sentences with homogeneous definitions.

1) A large, shaggy dog ​​of some indeterminate color came out from around the bend.

2) The geese noticed the puppy and, cackling with displeasure, gathered closer together, scolding him in different ways. The great white gander, the leader of the flock, especially tried.

3) Having received a portion of milk, the elk calf lay down immediately under a young spreading birch tree and rested until lunch.

4. Winter was approaching. Lisanka's fur coat became fluffy and thick.

5) By autumn, the fox turned into a beautiful adult fox and began to cause us trouble.

6) The cat squinted her eyes and saw a mouse, small, gray, with a long tail dragging along the floor, running nearby, warily looking in her direction.

7) The chickens lay on their sides in the dust, as if dead, the sparrows were sitting on the fence, not far from the old basin, from which, slowly, standing on its edge with its paws, a white fish was lapping yellow spots cat.

8) Before Naida had time to reach the first bushes, her nose was filled with a fox smell - strong, unbearable.

9) The fox swerved towards the ravine, rolled down the slope and immediately up, jumped over a frozen stream, tore through thick and thorny bushes, leaving tufts of red fur on them, and began to climb to the right.

10) Spring turned out to be early and unusually quick. (V. Svintsov)

Answer. 1, 4, 6, 8, 9, 10.

When studying new topic in non-lyceum classes, as many years of practice have shown, it is best to go from the experience of children: learning the material is always higher if you first understand examples of phrases, sentences, texts invented by students, and only then from the textbook. For this reason, work on the topic “Homogeneous and heterogeneous definitions” can be structured as follows:

1. Riddle.

The proverb says about this bird that it and the sparrow are sea backwaters. It can be semi-domestic and wild at the same time. (Pigeon.)

2. Conversation.

– Do you think the phrase is composed correctly? the dove is bold and semi-homemade?

(No, a speech error was made, since a sign that determines the character of a pigeon is named, and a sign that determines its habitat is indicated.)

– Can you say pigeons? postal and decorative?

(It is possible, because signs indicating the purpose of pigeons are indicated.)

– Is the phrase composed correctly? plumage is white, blue and brown-brown?

(Yes, adjectives indicate color.)

– Is there a speech error in the sentence? Pigeons feed on seeds of legumes and cereals?

- Here: transverse white stripe on the lower back? Or: wide dark stripe at the end of the tail?

(The phrases are composed without errors.)

– The definitions in the phrases are consistent, but are they homogeneous?

(Heterogeneous.)

– Give an example where the definitions, in your opinion, are homogeneous.

3. Report the topic of the lesson.

4. Offer– at the end of the lesson, independently formulate the purpose of the lesson.

5. Topic movement. Working with material.

Exercise 1. Look at the drawing. Read the sentences.

In which sentence are definitions expressed by qualitative adjectives? What is the rank of the adjectives in the first sentence? What are the definitions in the third sentence? Where are the definitions homogeneous and heterogeneous? Pay attention to the placement of punctuation marks. In what case can a conjunction be inserted between definitions? And? Try to formulate a punctuation rule.

Task 2. Look at the drawing.

Make up phrases: quality adjective + quality adjective + noun, and qualitative adjective + relative adjective + noun(word order can be changed). When making phrases of the first type, describe the beak, wings, legs, and tail of pigeons. When composing phrases of the second type, take into account the size, age, plumage, endurance, purpose, and habitat of the birds.

Task 3. Describe the personality of each bird using appropriate adjectives.

Independent, unpretentious, cautious, reserved, secretive, brave, quarrelsome, proud, meek, important, calm, pugnacious.

Task 4. Read the text. Tell me briefly. Find heterogeneous definitions and explain punctuation marks.

The dove is a symbol of purity, meek disposition, as well as tenderness and love. In a number of traditions, the dove acts as a heavenly messenger and as a symbol of the soul of the deceased. Thus, according to Slavic belief, the soul of the deceased turns into a dove. In addition, he is a sacrificial animal.

The white carrier pigeon notifying the Greek cities of victory Olympic Games, became the prototype of the dove of peace with an olive branch in its beak, since peace was declared during the games in Greece. The artist Picasso resurrected ancient symbols by painting a white terry carrier pigeon for the World Peace Congress. (According to V.V. Adamchik)

Task 5. Find in the text and write down homogeneous and heterogeneous definitions as part of phrases. Explain punctuation marks.

Buzzard – large predatory bird, noticeably larger than a crow, with a pointed, hooked beak. Its color is simple: from grayish-ochre to dark brown, the underside is lighter, with longitudinal streaks. Short, rounded tail with transverse stripes. A flying bird has a light stripe visible below its wide wings. (V.D. Ilyichev)

Task 6. Write down the text, add punctuation marks. Underline homogeneous definitions with a wavy line and heterogeneous definitions with a straight line.

The warbler has a thin, pointed beak and plumage that is brownish above and greyish-ochre below. Slender and agile, it moves quickly and maneuverably in the crowns and bushes and leads a secretive lifestyle, although it is not afraid of humans. Active during daylight and night time. (According to V.D. Ilyichev)

6. Formulating the purpose of the lesson.

7. Generalization.

– Do homogeneous definitions characterize an object from one side or from different sides? (On the one side.) Moreover, adjectives most often belong to which category? (These are qualitative adjectives.)

– When do homogeneous definitions list the characteristics of different objects? Give an example.

– Is it true that heterogeneous definitions characterize a subject from different angles? (Right.)

– Under what condition is a comma placed between agreed definitions? (If they are homogeneous.)

8. Lesson summary.

9. Homework.

Read and retell the paragraph from the textbook, select and complete one exercise in writing.

Additional material for control and correction: working with texts by V. Ilyichev (6th version adapted).

1) Read the text.

2) Determine the type and style of speech.

3) Find and write down homogeneous and heterogeneous definitions, indicate their characteristics. Explain punctuation marks.

Option 1

The white stork is a large, stately bird with black-tipped wings, an elongated red beak and red legs.

The stork walks a lot on the ground, flies well, interrupting its flight by soaring. Having no voice, it characteristically cracks its beak.

This bird lives in the steppe and forest-steppe zone western part of Russia. Willingly settles in populated areas, in fields and marshy meadows. Winters in Africa. Nests White stork settles on poles, roofs of houses or large trees.

Its food is frogs, mice, insects.

Option 2

Who hasn’t seen this smart and cautious bird! Black-headed, with a pointed black beak, black strong legs and a rounded tail. It is gray underneath, and the neck and back are the same color.

Surprisingly hoodie refers to songbirds, although it is difficult to call its dissonant, piercing croaking, clicking and cracking singing as singing. She flies well, walks quickly on the ground, and deftly climbs branches. Spends a lot of time in treetops and on buildings. Leads sedentary image life, undertakes migrations in the autumn-winter period.

Option 3

The wood pipit is an elegant bird, smaller and slimmer than a sparrow, with a thin straight and pointed beak, long legs, and a loosely cut tail. In summer, its back is covered with clay-grayish spots and streaks. The ventral side is buffy-yellowish, with wide streaks on the crop and chest. The legs are pink, the hind toe has an elongated and curved claw. The outer tail feathers are white.

Option 4

Despite this disrespectful name, the kestrel is a predator, albeit a small one, the size of a pigeon. This is a bird with a long stepped tail, wide rounded wings, and a pointed, hooked beak. Males have a gray head, tail and rump, wings and back with black spots, a gray tail with a black and white border at the top, and an ocher underside with brown longitudinal spots. The female has a brown upperparts, with a transverse pattern on the back, shoulders and tail, and a head with longitudinal stripes.

Option 5

It's hard to imagine a person who doesn't know the tit! Here she is: slightly smaller than a sparrow, with a straight, pointed beak and short, tenacious legs. The top of the tit's head is shiny, black, the back of the head and cheeks are white, the back is greenish, the bottom is yellow with a black longitudinal stripe, wide in males and narrow in females. The gray-blue wing has a light transverse stripe, and the outer tail feathers are white. This agile, agile bird, active during the day, spends a lot of time in the crowns of trees, in bushes, and on the ground. He is not afraid of people, especially children.

Option 6

Winter nature decorated with our favorites - the handsome bullfinches. The common bullfinch is larger than a sparrow. It has a thick, short, strongly swollen black beak. The plumage is soft, long, thick. The tail is black, straight-cut. Strong and tenacious legs hold the bird upside down on a tree branch as it reaches for berries and seeds. Males have bright red underparts, females are whitish-gray, and both have a shiny black crown, forehead, cheeks, wings and tail. The back is gray, the underbelly, rump and undertail are white.

T.V. SENYUSHKINA,
Lyceum “Sigma”,
Barnaul

July 17, 2015

Incorrect punctuation is one of the typical mistakes made in writing. The most complex punctuation rules usually include the placement of commas in sentences where there are heterogeneous or homogeneous definitions. Only a clear understanding of their features and differences helps make the entry correct and readable.

What is the definition?

This minor member sentences denoting a sign, property or quality of an object denoted by a noun. Most often expressed by an adjective ( white scarf), participle ( running boy), pronoun ( our house), ordinal number ( second number) and answers the questions "which one?" "whose?". However, there may be cases of use as a definition of a noun ( checkered dress), a verb in the infinitive form ( dream of being able to fly), adjective in simple comparative degree (an older girl appeared), adverbs ( Hard boiled egg).

What are homogeneous members

The definition of this concept is given in syntax and concerns the structure of a simple (or predicative part of a complex) sentence. Homogeneous members are expressed by words of the same part of speech and the same form, depending on the same word. Therefore, they will respond to general question and perform the same in a sentence syntactic function. Homogeneous members are connected with each other by a coordinating or non-union connection. It should also be noted that their rearrangement within a syntactic structure is usually possible.

Based on the above rule, we can say that homogeneous definitions characterize an object on the basis of common (similar) features and qualities. Consider the sentence: “ In the garden, white, scarlet, burgundy buds of roses that had not yet bloomed proudly towered over their fellow flowers." The homogeneous definitions used in it denote color, and therefore characterize the object according to the same characteristic. Or another example: " Soon, low, heavy clouds hung over the city sweltering from the heat." In this sentence, one feature is logically connected to another.

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Heterogeneous and homogeneous definitions: distinctive features

This question often causes difficulties. To understand the material, let’s take a closer look at what features each group of definitions has.

Homogeneous	Heterogeneous
Each definition refers to one word being defined: " The cheerful, uncontrollable laughter of children was heard from all sides.»	The closest definition refers to the noun, and the second to the resulting combination: “ On this frosty January morning I didn’t want to go outside for a long time.»
All adjectives are usually qualitative: “ A beautiful, new bag hung on Katyusha’s shoulder.»	A combination of a qualitative adjective with a relative adjective or with a pronoun, participle, or numeral: big stone castle, my good friend, third intercity bus
You can insert a connecting conjunction AND: “ For the craft you needed white, red,(AND) blue sheets of paper»	Cannot be used with I: “ In one hand Tatyana had an old straw hat, in the other she held a string bag with vegetables»
Expressed by one part of speech. Exception: adjective + participial phrase or inconsistent definitions after a noun	Refer to different parts speeches: " We finally waited for the first light frost(numeral+adjective) and hit the road»

These are the main features, knowledge of which will allow you to easily distinguish between sentences with homogeneous definitions and heterogeneous ones. This means using punctuation marks correctly.

In addition, when performing syntactic and punctuation analysis of a sentence, you need to remember the following important points.

Definitions that are always the same

1. Adjectives next to each other characterize an object according to one characteristic: size, color, geographical location, assessment, sensations, etc. " At the bookstore, Zakhar purchased reference books on German, Italian, and French culture in advance.».
2. A group of synonyms used in a sentence: they call the same feature differently. " From early morning everyone in the house was in a cheerful, festive mood caused by yesterday's news».
3. Definitions that appear after the noun, with the exception of terms such as grab overhead crane. For example, in A. Pushkin’s poem we find: “ Three greyhounds are running along a boring winter road" In this case, each of the adjectives refers directly to the noun, and each definition is logically highlighted.
4. Homogeneous members of a sentence represent a semantic gradation, i.e. designation of the characteristic in increasing order. " The sisters, overwhelmed by a joyful, festive, radiant mood, could no longer hide their emotions».
5. Inconsistent definitions. For example: " He entered the room briskly A tall man in a warm sweater, with shining eyes, a bewitching smile».

Combination of a single adjective and participial phrase

It is also necessary to dwell on the next group of definitions. These are adjectives and participial phrases used side by side and related to the same noun. Here, punctuation depends on the position of the latter.

Definitions that correspond to the scheme “single adjective + participial phrase” are almost always homogeneous. For example, " In the distance, dark mountains towering above the forest could be seen" However, if the participial phrase is used before the adjective and refers not to the noun, but to the entire combination, the rule “punctuation marks for homogeneous definitions” does not work. For example, " Yellow leaves swirling in the autumn air smoothly fell onto the damp ground.».

One more point needs to be taken into account. Consider this example: “ Among the dense, spreading fir trees, darkened in the twilight, it was difficult to see the narrow path leading to the lake" This is a sentence with isolated homogeneous definitions expressed by participial phrases. Moreover, the first of them is located between two single adjectives and clarifies the meaning of the word “thick”. Therefore, according to the rules for the design of homogeneous members, they are distinguished in writing by punctuation marks.

Cases when a comma is not required but is preferred

1. Homogeneous definitions (examples of these can often be found in fiction) denote different, but usually accompanying each other, causal features. For example, " At night,(you can insert BECAUSE) Long shadows from trees and lanterns were clearly visible in the deserted streets" Another example: " Suddenly, deafening sounds reached the old man’s ears,(BECAUSE) terrible thunderclaps».
2. Sentences with epithets that give a diverse description of the subject. For example, " And now, looking at Luzhin’s big, pale face, she... was filled... with pity"(V. Nabokov). Or from A. Chekhov: “ Rainy, dirty, dark autumn has arrived».
3. When using adjectives in a figurative meaning (close to epithets): “ Timofey's large, fishy eyes were sad and carefully looked straight ahead».

Such homogeneous definitions - examples show this - are an excellent remedy expressiveness in a work of art. With their help, writers and poets emphasize certain significant details in the description of an object (person).

Exceptional cases

Sometimes in speech you can find sentences with homogeneous definitions, expressed by a combination of qualitative and relative adjectives. For example, " Until recently, old, low houses stood in this place, but now there are new, tall ones." As shown this example, in such a case, two groups of definitions are distinguished that relate to one noun, but have opposite meanings.

Another case concerns definitions interconnected by explanatory relationships. " Completely different sounds, alien to the boy, were heard from the open window." In this sentence, after the first definition, the words “namely”, “that is” would be appropriate.

Rules for placing punctuation marks

Here everything depends on how homogeneous definitions are related to each other. Commas are used in non-union connections. Example: " A short, wrinkled, hunchbacked old woman was sitting on a chair on the porch, silently pointing to the open door." If there are coordinating conjunctions (“usually”, “and”), punctuation marks are not needed. " Women in white and blue homespun shirts peered into the distance, hoping to recognize the horseman approaching them." Thus, these sentences are subject to punctuation rules that apply to all syntactic constructions with homogeneous members.

If the definitions are heterogeneous (their examples are discussed in the table), a comma is not placed between them. The exception is sentences with combinations that allow for double interpretation. For example, " After much debate and reflection, it was decided to resort to other proven methods" In this case, everything depends on the meaning of the participle. A comma is used if “namely” can be inserted before the word “verified”.

Conclusion

Analysis of all of the above leads to the conclusion that punctuation literacy largely depends on knowledge of specific theoretical material on syntax: what is a definition, homogeneous members of a sentence.

The same word in a sentence can have several definitions, which can be homogeneous or heterogeneous. With non-union communication commas separate only homogeneous definitions, and between heterogeneous definitions no comma.

I. The definitions are uniform:

1. if indicated distinctive signs of different objects, characterizing them on the one hand.

• ...at a great distance the city lay out and quietly flamed and sparkled blue , white , yellow lights.(V. G. Korolenko)
• (Some lights are blue, others are white, others are yellow.)

2. if indicated various signs of the same object, characterizing it on one side.

• Loved Chapaev strong , decisive , hard word.
• (D. A. Furmanov)

3. if they characterize an object either only with positive sides and they can be assessed with a “+” sign, or only with negative sides and they can be assessed with a “-”.

• ... I saw a woman young , beautiful , kind , intelligent , charming.
• (A.P. Chekhov)
• Has arrived rainy , dirty , dark autumn.
• (A.P. Chekhov)

4. if they represent figurative definitions (epithets).

• Dry , metal His inflamed gray eyes sparkle.
• (According to D. A. Furmanov)

• Met us empty , abandoned house. (Adj. + adverb.)
• I love strong mornings, hot , awakening coffee. (Adj. + adverb.)
• That was first , not clouded by any fears the joy of discovery. (Adj. + proverb.)
• (D. A. Granin)

6. if they are standing after defined word.

• On both sides of the clearings there were pine trees high , ship .
• (Wed: high ship pines.)

7. when describing appearance .

• Almost at the house she met us modest , shy , rustic girl about eight years old.

8. if are opposed other definitions related to the same defined word.

• We were passing through then small , deserted stations, then nodal , lively.

Each of the homogeneous definitions is directly related to the word being defined.

II. Definitions are heterogeneous:

1. if relate not directly to what is being defined, but to noun combination with the definition in front of it.

• Can you imagine bad southern county small town?
• (A.I. Kuprin)
• (Cf.: county town - southern county town - nasty southern county town.)
• Holly dressed up in amazing tight lace dress.
• (S. Ahern)

2. if they characterize an object With different sides.

• Blueberry is a shrub with small round fresh black and blue berries. (Size - shape - taste - color.)

Heterogeneous definitions can become homogeneous if they acquire some common feature in the context.

• Has begun small , pricking rain. (The common feature of these definitions is an unpleasant sensation.)

• Bought as a gift Beautiful silk handkerchief.
• While working here, he acquired huge political experience.

III. Some cases allow ambiguity:

• Wed: She dressed new , mink fur coat
• She dressed new mink fur coat

Comma placement V first case means that second definition explains the first(She put on a new one, namely a mink coat).

Missing comma in second case means that the definition of new refers to the combination of a mink coat (She is wearing a new mink coat, although there is another mink coat, apparently already old).

Homogeneous and heterogeneous definitions

Several definitions for one defined noun are not always and therefore are not always separated by commas. The distinction between homogeneous and heterogeneous definitions is one of the most difficult topics school curriculum. Below are lists of signs of homogeneous and heterogeneous definitions; further in the section “Punctuation marks for homogeneous and heterogeneous definitions” some of them are discussed in more detail and are accompanied by examples.

Signs of homogeneity of definitions(concisely) :

• indicate characteristics of homogeneous objects: blue, yellow, red balls;
• denote features that are synonymous in context: powerful, violent, deafening downpour;
• denote characteristics that are interdependent in context (= since, therefore): moonlit, clear evening(= clear, because lunar);
• denote artistic images, metaphors: leaden, faded eyes;
• there is a semantic gradation: joyful, festive, radiant mood;
• the single definition is placed before the common one: empty field covered with snow;
• located after the defined word: young woman, beautiful, kind, intelligent, charming;
• denote a subjective characteristic (optional attribute): a small, golden cloud; long, narrow carpet;
• in the position after the word being defined: the clouds are round, high, golden-gray, with delicate white edges.

Signs of heterogeneity of definitions(concisely):

• indicate shape and material: potbellied nut bureau;
• indicate color and shape: white round clouds;
• indicate size and material: large stone houses;
• indicate quality and location: gloomy Siberian river.

Punctuation marks whenhomogeneous and heterogeneous definitions.

1. A comma is placed between homogeneous definitions not connected by conjunctions.

Definitions are homogeneous, If

a) denote features various items: Red, white, pink, yellow carnations made up a beautiful bouquet;

b) denote various signs the same object, characterizing it from one side: A strange, sharp, painful cry suddenly rang out twice in a row over the river.;

c) each of the definitions directly relates to the defined noun, and therefore a coordinating conjunction can be inserted between them "And". Wed: clear, calm moonlight (pure and calm moonlight); a cup of thick, strong coffee (a cup of thick and strong coffee) and so on.

Notes:

• homogeneous definitions can also characterize an object from different angles, if at the same time in context they unite somehow common feature(by the similarity of the impression they make, appearance etc.): He handed me the red, swollen, dirty hand; Heavy, cold clouds lay on the tops of the surrounding mountains; In the thick dark hair gray strands glistened; pale, stern face; cheerful, good-natured laughter; a deserted, inhospitable house; gentle, lively eyes; proud, brave appearance; dry, cracked lips; heavy, angry feeling; gray, continuous, light rain etc.;

• as a rule, they are homogeneous artistic definitions(epithets): His pale blue, glassy eyes;

• homogeneous also synonymous(in context) definitions: quiet, modest river; silent, timid, timid girl. In a series of such definitions, each subsequent one can strengthen the characteristic they express, forming a semantic gradation: There was a joyful, festive, radiant mood; In autumn, the steppes completely change and take on their own unusual, special, incomparable appearance.;

• the role of homogeneous definitions is usually played by adjective and following participial phrase:Has entered Old man with a bushy beard beginning to turn gray;

• As a rule, agreed upon definitions are homogeneous, coming after the word being defined: Three greyhounds are running along a boring winter road. Exception make up combinations of terminological nature: thin-walled electric-welded stainless steel pipes; late-ripening winter pear;

• homogeneous definitions are those that are opposed to a combination of other definitions with the same defined word: Six months later, long, cold nights give way to quiet, warm ones.

2. A comma is not placed between heterogeneous definitions.

Definitions are heterogeneous, if they characterize an object from different sides: big stone house(size and material); white round pebbles(color and shape); beautiful Moscow boulevards(quality and location), etc. Such definitions can become homogeneous if they are united by a common feature: Our terrace now stands on new brick pillars(the unifying feature is “durable”).

Notes:

• heterogeneous definitions are more often expressed by a combination of qualitative and relative adjectives: new leather briefcase, interesting children's book, warm July night, light birch grove, transparent window glass and so on.;

• less often, heterogeneous definitions consist of a combination qualitative adjectives: old gloomy house, interesting rare publications.

Exercises for the topic "Homogeneous and heterogeneous definitions"

Exercise 1. Indicate the numbers of sentences in which commas must be inserted.

1. He was born into a poor peasant family.

2. A clear, bright, thoughtful smile lies on the clouds.
3. Sun rays playing on the thick, lush, dewy grass.
4. She involuntarily surrendered to involuntary, selfless love.
5. Heavy cold clouds lay on the tops of the mountains.
6. I saw a young, beautiful, kind, intelligent woman.
7. In the chest I found a yellowed letter written in Latin.
8. Light was breaking through the small ice-covered window.
9. Alyosha handed him a small folding round mirror.
10. He had big fish eyes.
11. A flat, dull steppe stretched around.
12. A sonorous child's laughter was heard.
13. The dark, unlit windows of the houses looked unfriendly.
14. Everyone fell asleep in a sound, healthy sleep.
15. It was a cold autumn evening.
16. Large heavy drops hung on the branches.
17. Memories are a living, trembling world full of poetry.
18. Cucumbers occupied the best sunny part of the garden.
19. A dry hot wind was blowing.
20. A sound pre-dawn sleep overcame him.
21. There was wet, loose and dazzling snow in the fields.
22. We walked through the quiet, star-lit taiga.
23. The young grass washed by the rain smelled intoxicating.
24. Tolstoy could not write unless he had good, clean paper in front of him.
25. On a warm summer morning I went to Lvov.
26. Red blue yellow rocky peaks rise to the sky.
27. A strong gusty wind shook the trees and hummed in the forest.
28. The old country park is quiet.
29. A yellow maple leaf killed in autumn slowly falls to the ground.
30. All travelers were dressed in the same polar suits.

Answers: 2,3,4,6,7,8,13,14, 16, 17, 18, 19, 21, 22, 26, 29.

Exercise 2. Copy the text, adding the missing commas.
Meanwhile, the sun rose a little more above the horizon. Now the sea no longer shone entirely, but only in two places. On the very horizon, a long shining strip was burning, and dozens of bright, eye-catching stars flashed in the slowly approaching waves. Throughout the rest of its vast expanse, the sea shone with the gentle, sad blue of the August calm. Petya admired the sea. No matter how much you look at the sea, you will never get tired of it. It is always different, new and unprecedented. It changes every hour before our eyes. Then it is quiet light blue in several places covered with silvery almost white stripes of calm. Then it is bright blue fiery sparkling. Then, under a fresh wind, it suddenly becomes dark indigo wool, as if it were being ironed against the pile.

Sources:

• Section “Punctuation marks in sentences with homogeneous members” in the manual by Golub I.B. "Russian language and culture of speech"
• Section “Definitions” in the electronic manual “

If several definitions refer to the same subject or object, this does not mean that you necessarily have a series of homogeneous definitions. There are also heterogeneous definitions. What is their difference?

Homogeneous definitions characterize an object from one side (by color, shape, size) or create a holistic picture of the object.

Homogeneous definitions connected by a coordinating connection; they equally directly relate to the defined noun and are pronounced with enumerative intonation.

Between homogeneous definitions you can usually insert a conjunction And .

For example: She ran into the room cheerful, loud laughing girl. (Cheerful, laughing– homogeneous definitions expressing mood, state, a conjunction can be placed between them And .) They stood in a vase red, orange And yellow flowers. (Red, orange And yellow- homogeneous definitions denoting a common feature - color.)

Heterogeneous definitions characterize an object from different angles. In this case, only the closest definition directly relates to the word being defined, and the other refers to the combination of the defined noun with the first definition.

Between heterogeneous definitions there is no coordinating connection, they are pronounced without enumerative intonation and do not allow the insertion of a conjunction And .

As a rule, heterogeneous definitions are expressed by adjectives of different categories (for example, high quality And relative ).

For example: She ran into the room small loud laughing girl. (Small, laughing– heterogeneous definitions, it is impossible to put a union between them And .)

They stood in a vase large red fragrant flowers.(Large, red, fragrant - adjectives denoting different characteristics: color, shape, smell; these are heterogeneous definitions.)

To differentiate homogeneous And heterogeneous definitions, it is necessary to take into account a whole complex of characteristics. When parsing and arranging punctuation marks, pay attention to the meaning, method of expression and order of definitions in the sentence.

Signs of homogeneity of definitions

Indicate signs of homogeneous objects: blue, yellow, red balls;
denote characteristics that are interdependent in context (= since, therefore): lunar, clear evening (= clear, because lunar);
denote artistic images, metaphors: lead, extinguished eyes;
there is a semantic gradation: joyful, festive, radiant mood;
the single definition is placed before the common one: empty, covered with snow field;
located after the defined word: woman young, beautiful, good, intelligent, charming ;
denote a subjective characteristic (optional attribute): small, golden cloud; long, narrow carpet;
in the position after the word being defined: clouds round, high, golden gray, with delicate white edges .
denote features that are synonymous in the context, while in the context they are united by some common feature (the similarity of the impression they make, appearance, etc.): He handed me red, swollen, dirty hand; Heavy, cold clouds lay on the tops of the surrounding mountains; IN thick, dark gray strands glistened in her hair; pale, strict face; funny, good-natured laughter; deserted, unfriendly house; affectionate, alive eyes; proud, brave view; dry, cracked lips; heavy, evil feeling; grey, continuous, small rain etc.

Between homogeneous definitions not connected by conjunctions, a comma is added.

For example: Reds, white, pink, yellow carnations made a beautiful bouquet. Strange, cutting, painful the cry suddenly rang out twice in a row over the river.

Signs of heterogeneity of definitions

Designate shape and material: P narrow walnut the Bureau;
indicate color and shape: white round clouds;
indicate size and material: large stone Houses;
indicate quality and location: gloomy Siberian river.

Definitions expressed by different parts of speech are also heterogeneous.

For example: At the end of November it fell first easy snowball.(Words first And easy first– numeral, easy- adjective; they do not form a series of homogeneous members). My old one house.(Words "my" And " old" refer to different parts of speech: my– pronouns, old– adjective, they also do not form a series of homogeneous members). A neglected orchard.(Words " running" And "fruit" refer to different parts of speech: running- single participle, fruit- adjective).

We draw your attention to the fact that a single participle will be heterogeneous, and a participle with a dependent word (participial phrase) is included in a number of homogeneous definitions, and the participial phrase should be in second place.

For example: black combed hair(heterogeneous definitions); black, smoothly combed hair(homogeneous definitions). A comma is placed only between homogeneous members; after the participial phrase, if not special conditions isolation, no comma.

Between heterogeneous definitions no comma.

Homogeneous and heterogeneous applications

1. Depending on the meaning, applications not connected by conjunctions can be homogeneous or heterogeneous. Applications that appear before the word being defined and denote similar features of an object, characterizing it on the one hand, are homogeneous and are separated by commas.

For example: Laureate Nobel Prize, academician HELL. Sakharov– honorary titles; Doctor of Philology, Professor S.I. Radzig – academic degree and rank; World Cup winner, champion Europe – sports titles; Olympic champion, holder of the “golden belt” of European champion, one of the most technical boxers, candidate of technical sciences, professor- listing of different titles.

If applications indicate different characteristics of an object, characterize it from different sides, then they are heterogeneous and are not separated by commas.

For example: First Deputy Minister of Defense General of the Army – position and military rank; chief designer of the design institute for construction mechanical engineering for precast reinforced concrete engineer – position and profession; CEO production association candidate of technical sciences – position and academic degree.

2. When combining homogeneous and heterogeneous applications, punctuation marks are placed accordingly: Head of the Interuniversity Department of General and University Pedagogy, Doctor of Pedagogical Sciences, Professor; Honored Master of Sports, Olympic champion, two-time World Cup winner, student of the Institute of Physical Education; Honored Master of Sports, absolute world champion, student at the Institute of Physical Education.