Parts of
Speech
Speech
Modifies the verb.
Adverb
Two contradictory terms appear next to each other.
Oxymoron
I and my best friend eat lunch together.
My best friend and I....
Languages that stimulates the reader’s senses.
Imagery
I hate this movie it’s so boring.
Run-On
Describes a noun.
Adjective
The sound or letter at the beginning of each word in a sentence is the same.
Alliteration
on wednesday, i will be traveling to austin, texas.
On Wednesday, I will be traveling to Austin, Texas.
Reflects the author’s attitude toward the subject.
tone
After they finished dinner.
Fragment
A word used instead of a noun.
Pronoun
An extreme exaggeration.
Hyperbole
My teacher however did not like my excuses.
My teacher, however, did not like my excuses.
Universal idea, lesson, message of a story.
Theme
I lost my watch yesterday.
Simple.
Describes where something is.
Preposition
Words that resemble their sound.
Onomatopoeia
They're is a blue car in the parking lot.
There is a blue car in the parking lot.
Creates a feeling in the reader.
Mood
We were hungry after our long walk, we built a fire to cook.
Run-On
Connects sentences together.
Conjunction
Giving human qualities to inanimate objects.
Personification
I'm glad your my brother.
I'm glad you're my brother.
Hints that indicates what will happen later in the story.
Foreshadowing
I want to lose weight, yet I eat ice cream every day
Compound