Parts of Speech
A person, place, thing, or idea.
What is a noun?
Known as a full stop
What is a period?
Past, Present and Future
What are tenses?
Indicates a question
What is a question mark?
Modifies verbs as well as adjectives and entire sentences.
What is an adverb?
A more generic version of a noun
What is a pronoun?
Used to identify previously spoken or written words.
What are quotations?
A clause not influenced by any other sentence.
What is an independent clause?
Known as a small break or a soft pause
What is a comma?
Links words, phrases and clauses together
What is a conjunction?
ONLY describes/modifies a noun
What is an adjective?
They add context to a quote.
What are brackets used for?
When a writer joins two or more sentences with a comma
What is a comma splice?
Introduces a list of things
What is a colon?
To express sudden feeling (including surprise).
What is an interjection?
What is a preposition?
Joins words or parts of words
What is a hyphen?
The receiver of a direct object
What is an indirect object?
Separates sentences by replacing the conjunction
What is a semi-colon?
Identifies an unspecific noun
What is an indefinite article?
A noun that describes any physical thing in the world.
What is a concrete noun?
Can be used for both possession and contractions
What is an apostrophe?
When a syllable ends in a vowel, it can open the door and shout its name!
What is an open syllable?
Amongst other things, it can describe a state of being
What is a verb?
A noun for things that do not physically exist in the world.
What is an abstract noun?