Parts of Speech
A person, place, or thing
Noun
to convince someone of something
This is what a text in mostly about
main idea
This is used to show that someone is asking a question
question mark ?
How old is Anne when she begins her diary?
13
The action word in a sentence
verb
Synonyms
Words that mean the same thing
The final paragraph in an essay
conclusion
This shows that someone is excited or speaking with a lot of emotion
exclamation point !
What animal lives in the Annex with the Frank family?
A cat
Another word for FANBOYS (for, and, nor, but, or, yet, so)
Conjunctions
Summarize
a shortened version of the main points of a text
The opposition to the argument you are making in a paper
counterargument
this can be used to replace conjunctions like and/but
comma ,
What is the name of the boy who becomes Anne's boyfriend?
Peter
these parts of speech end in -ly
adverbs
Analyze
To break something down into smaller parts to understand it better
Examples, facts, and proof used to show an argument is true
Evidence
This is used to connect two complete sentences
semicolon ;
How many people live in the secret Annex?
8
Over, beside, under, between, through are all examples of of what part of speech?
Prepositions
Antonyms
two words that mean the opposite (hot/cold, day/night, happy/sad)
to look over your writing and make changes
revise
Where should a comma be in this sentence: Last year my sister went to California.
Last year, my sister went to California.
What building is the secret annex in?
Otto Frank's office