Nouns, verbs, etc
What is a noun
Person, place, or thing
What is a synonym?
two words that mean the same thing
What is a simile?
Comparing 2 things using like or as
What is a suffix?
word part at the end of a word
-ly
In a ___ way
ex: slowly means "in a slow way"
What is a verb?
An action word
What is an antonym?
two words that mean opposite things
What is a metaphor?
A sentence that compares two things
What is a prefix?
A word part at the beginning of the word
before
What is an adjective?
Describes a noun
What is a Compound word?
two smaller words that come together to make a bigger word
What is Dialogue?
talking in a story
What does -ing mean?
Happening right now
re-
again
What is an adverb?
describes a verb
What is a contraction?
two words that come together and make a new word, some letters fall out
What surrounds a piece of dialogue?
Quotation marks
What does -ed mean?
Already happened
-ful
Name the two type of nouns
Proper and common
OR
plural and singular
What is a homophone
2 words that sound the same, but with different meaning and spelling
What is an Idiom?
A phrase that means something different from what it says. (It's raining cats and dogs)
Why do we add -s or -es to a word?
to make the word plural (more than one)
-less
without