8 Parts of speech
Terminology
Literary Devices
100

This part of speech names a person, place, thing, or idea.

What is a noun?

100

Show consideration and regard for someone or something and have kind and mindful actions

What is Respect?

100

This type of comparison uses “like” or “as.”

What is a simile?

200

This word takes the place of a noun to avoid repetition.

What is a pronoun?

200

Careful to not cause an inconvenience or to hurt others, and being mindful and empathetic.

What is Considerate?

200

Saying “the classroom was a zoo” is an example of this.

What is a metaphor?

300

This part of speech shows an action or a state of being.

What is a verb?

300

No matter the obstacles that you may come across, you have a strong will to succeed.

What is Determination?

300

Giving human qualities to nonhuman things.

What is personification?

400

This part of speech tells how, when, where, or to what extent something happens.

What is an adverb?

400

Being truthful and responsible for your actions and their consequences.

What is Accountability?

400

A deliberate exaggeration for effect.

What is hyperbole?

500

This part of speech shows the relationship between a noun (or pronoun) and another word in a sentence — like “under” or “through.”

What is a preposition?

500

Being truthful and making the right choices, even when nobody is around.

What is Integrity?

500

“She sells seashells by the seashore” uses this device to repeat consonant sounds.

What is alliteration?