a brief summary of parts of speech

1. PARTS
PARTS
OF
OF
SPEECH
SPEECH

2. NOUN
It is a word for a person, place, thing,
animal, or idea.
Nouns are concrete like dogs and
apples.
It can also be abstract like kindness,
and happiness.
Common like school or planets.
And proper like Dr. Morgan and the
Philippines.

3. It is a word used in place
of a noun.
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PRONOUN
Subjects: he, she
Objects: him, her
Possessive: his, hers
Indefinite: nobody, all
Demonstrative: this, those

4. A word or group of words that expresses
an action or being.
VERB
A verb tells what the noun does.
A linking or state of being verb tells you,
"The winner is me!"

5. The most commonly used
adverb is "very."
ADVERB
An adverb tells where, how,
and when.
Many adverbs end in "-ly."
It describes or modifies a
verb, an adjective, or
another adverb but never a
noun

6. It is a word used
to modify or
describe a noun
or a pronoun.
It usually
answers the
question of
which one, what
kind, or how
many.
ADJECTIVE

7. PREPOSITION
It is a word placed before a noun or pronoun
to form a phrase modifying another word in
the sentence.
The relationship can be spatial or in time.

8. It joins words, phrases, or
clauses, and indicates
the relationship between
the elements joined.
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CONJUNCTION
Coordinating: for, and, nor
Correlative: both, just, neither
Subordinating: after, as if, just as

9. It is a word used to express
emotion. It is often followed
by an exclamation point.
INTERJECTION
Words of shock or surprise.
Wow!, Cool!, Awesome!

10. FIGURATIVE
FIGURATIVE
LANGUAGE
LANGUAGE

11. SIMILE
A comparison of two things using the
words like or as
Example :
The children fought like cats and dogs
You are as brave as a lion
She swam like a fish

12. A comparison of two things using the words
is and are
METAPHOR
Example :
She is a shining star
Time is money
My dad is a busy bee

13. PERSONIFICATION
Give an inanimate object human
characteristics
Example :
The leaves danced in the wind.
My alarm yelled at me this morning.

14. HYPERBOLE
An extremely exaggerated meaning
Example :
I'm so hungry, I could eat a horse,
It took forever to climb the hill.