To Kill a Mockingbird

What does Atticus mean when he tells Scout to "delete the adjectives and she'd have the facts about Jem's strange behavior?"

What does Atticus mean when he tells Scout to "delete the adjectives and she'd have the facts about Jem's strange behavior?"

 

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Adjectives can be used to make a statement sound different. If you delete all the extra stuff, you're left with the bare bones / meat of the sentence AKA the facts.