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Figurative Language
Adjectives & Adverbs
Nouns in Action
100
This is a word that replaces a person, place, or thing.
What is a pronoun?
100
Five easy linking verbs
What are: is, are, was, were, am?
100
It's the word that the sound makes.
What is onomatopoeia?
100

Answers 'Which one?'

What is an adjective?

100

A noun you can touch?

What is a concrete noun?

200
It hooks up word, phrases, and clauses.
What is a conjunction?
200
This word's part of speech: Wow!
What is an interjection?
200
Here is an example: Meg was as quiet as a mouse.
What is a simile?
200

Many, few, several.

What is an indefinite adjective?

200

A noun that names an idea?

What is an abstract noun?

300
This names a special person, place, thing, or idea, and it must be capitalized.
What is a proper noun?
300
This word's part of speech: glossy
What is an adjective?
300
Here is an example: It was so hot the flies were dropping out of the sky with heatstroke.
What is hyperbole?
300

Compares two things.

What is a comparative adjective?

300

Plural of child

What is children.

400

This begin a phrase that shows where, when, how, direction, and why.

What is a preposition?

400
This is a type of noun that we don't need to capitalize.
What is a common noun?
400
Here is an example: Gary has a chip on his shoulder.
What is an idiom?
400

Compares three or more.

What is a superlative adjective?

400

Who or what is a sentence about?

What is the subject?

500

This word's part of speech: now It modifies a verb, or another adverb

What is an adverb?

500

This type of noun: Lori's

What is a possessive noun?

500
Here is an example: The calendar slapped me in the face with today's deadline.
What is personification?
500

What is the adverb: She ran quickly.

What is quickly?

500

What is the subject of this sentence: The girl at the park jumped on the trampoline.

What is girl?