Parts of Speech
Used to replace a noun
What is pronoun?
Utilizes dates to place information in order.
This tells the time, place, quantity or manner in which something is done.
What is adverb?
This figure of speech uses repetition of the initial sound in words.
What is alliteration?
This paragraph sums up what you have written in your essay and also restates the thesis.
What is the CONCLUSION?
Expresses a strong feeling such as hurt or surprise.
What is interjection?
Identifies ways two or more items are alike or different.
What is Compare and Contrast?
I tell the action that the subject is doing, has done, or will do.
What is verb (action)?
The writer appeals to the senses using adjectives.
What is IMAGERY?
Words such as also, in addition to, finally and secondly are all known as.
What is Transition Words?
This is a special name for a person, animal, place or thing.
What is a PROPER NOUN?
Identifies the events that led to a certain result.
What is Cause and Effect?
I am used to bring a writer's ideas to life by appealing to the senses.
What is adjective?
Words like BUZZ! ZAP! and WOOSH! fall in this category.
What is ONOMATOPOEIA?
The sentence that tells your reader the three ideas that you will be presenting in your body paragraphs.
What is the thesis statement?
This describes the manner in which an action is done.
What is adverb?
Places events in the order in which they happened.
What is sequencing?
My role is to join words or clauses.
What is conjunction?
When you compare two things without using LIKE or AS, you are using this.
What is METAPHOR?
Your claim is found in this sentence.
What is the thesis statement.
This tells how a noun or pronoun looks, smells, sounds, feels or tastes.
What is ADJECTIVE?
Presents a challenge and a way to address that challenge.
What is problem and solution?
I tell where something is in relation to another.
What is preposition?
If you give human-like qualities to an inanimate object, you are using this figure of speech.
What is PERSONIFICATION?
This can be a rhetorical question, a quote, or a shocking statement.