Parts of Speech
A person, place, or thing.
What is a noun?
This text structure lists characteristics of something.
What is description?
A group of words that starts with the same sound.
Ex: Peter Piper picked a peck of pickled peppers.
What is alliteration?
The letter that always needs to be capitalized if it stands alone.
What is "I?"
Ms.Hemmingsen's age.
What is 24?
An action word.
What is a verb?
This text structure gives events in order.
What is sequence?
A comparison using like or as.
Ex: She ran like the wind.
What is a simile?
Two words that sound the same but have different spellings and meanings.
What is a homophone?
Ms.Hemmingsen's favorite season.
What is summer?
A connecting word.
What is a conjunction?
This text structure lists events that happened and why.
What is Cause and Effect?
An expression where the words used don't literally mean what you are saying.
Ex: We're in the same boat.
What is an idiom?
A word that needs to be capitalized as it refers to a specific person, place or thing.
What is a proper noun?
The college that Ms.Hemmingsen graduated from.
What is the University of Mary?
This part of speech describes a noun.
What is an adjective?
This text structure talks about issues and ways to deal with them.
What is problem and solution?
Making a comparison by saying one thing IS another thing.
Ex: My brother is a bear in the morning.
What is a metaphor?
DAILY DOUBLE!!
The writing mark you make when you are making a contraction or showing possession.
What is an apostrophe?
Ms.Hemmingsen's exact birthday (month, date, year).
What is July 7th, 1999?
This part of speech takes the place of a noun.
What is a pronoun?
This text structure looks at similarities and differences between two or more things.
What is Compare and Contrast?
Giving human traits to non-human things.
Ex: The stars danced in the night sky.
What is personification?
A group of words in a sentence that cannot stand alone!
Ex: Because she was so tall,
What is a dependent clause?
What is October?