How do the stage directions in brackets affect the
meaning of the text?

They help the reader visualize the characters’ actions

Explanation:

i would lay on the ground, and wait for the earth to simply take me back!

- sincerely, ouma

postive, comparative, superlative - good, better, best

recall how we defined nouns as words capable of having plurals and possessive endings. adjectives (and their first cousin, the adverb) also have a feature that distinguishes them. they come in three states. first, the raw adjective—in its positive state—merely describes the noun modified; it doesn’t care about how this particular person or thing stacks up against other members of the same noun class