Parts of Speech Definitions
Person, Place, Thing, or Idea
What is a noun?
Only used in the beginning of the sentence and at the beginning of proper noun.
What are upper case letters.
Myself, Yours, Me, I, You.
What is a pronoun?
The sentence that is the most important part of the essay.
What is the main idea?
Thinking about the passage and shortening it to one main idea.
What is summarizing?
A word used in the place of a noun
What is a pronoun?
It is used at the end of a complete sentence.
What is appropriate punctuation?
Blue car. This Town. One second.
What is an adjective?
Putting an idea in your own words.
What is paraphrasing?
Pieces of information about a topic we can prove to be true.
What are facts?
A word that expresses sudden or strong feelings and acts as an aside or interruption
What is an interjection?
Should be about half as big and used for all other parts of a word.
What are lower case letters?
By, At, For, In, On
What are prepositions?
Tells the reader what do the words mean.
What is vocabulary?
Looking for similarities.
What is comparing?
A word that shows the relationship of a noun.
What is a preposition?
Always contains a verb, expresses a complete idea and makes sense standing alone.
What is accurate grammar?
"FANBOYS"
What are conjunctions?
Understanding the order of ideas.
What is chronological order?
Add more information to the main idea, but they do not represent the overall idea of the passage.
What are supporting details?
A word that describes or modifies a noun or pronoun.
What is an adjective?
Two important parts to make a complete sentence.
What is a subject and a predicate?
Eagerly, Nearby, Yesterday, Badly.
What are adverbs?
Drawing a conclusion and making good guesses about what is true but isn’t said by the author.
What are inferences?
Using what you know about the story to make a prediction about what a word means or what might happen next.
What are context clues?