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?"
Mrs. Somers's favorite season.
What is summer?
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?
The mark that separates items in a series or a city from a state in an address.
What is a comma?
Mrs. Somers's age.
What is 26?
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?
DAILY DOUBLE!!
The writing mark you make when you are making a contraction or showing possession.
What is an apostrophe?
The name of Mrs. Somers's husband.
What is Tyson?
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?
Whenever someone is talking, you need to use these punctuation marks.
What are quotation marks?
Mrs. Somers's exact birthday (month, date, year).
What is January 22nd, 2000?
This part of speech describes a verb; tells how something is done (-ly words)
What is an adverb?
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?
These words don't follow the normal rule of adding -s, -es, or -ies to a singular noun.
What are irregular plurals?
The town and state where Mrs. Somers grew up.
What is Eau Claire, WI?