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This word means an essay that explains
What is expository
100
This part of speech can only describe nouns and proper nouns.
What is an adjective?
100
This term means a person, place, thing or idea
What is a noun
100
This term means location. It describes the proximity of the subject to other nouns or pronouns.
What is a preposition
200
When an essay is written with this tone, it means to have an newspaper style
What is journalistic?
200
This word answers the questions, 'Condition, reason, and how'
What is an adverb?
200
This term means action word
What is a verb
200
This term modifies verbs, adjectives, and others like itself.
What is an adverb
300
When an essay is written with this tone, it means to have an academic tone
What is scholarly?
300
This word traditionally ends with -ly.
What is an adverb?
300
This word is a describing word.
What is an adjective
300
These special types of adverbs allow the speaker to be more specific. Examples of this term include 'very, more, rather."
What is an intensifier?
400
This type of writing highlights only a single important event, not one's entire life story.
What is a memoir?
400
This word becomes an adjective by adding the endings -ish, -ic, or -ary to them.
What is a noun?
400
This term means a formal name
What is a proper noun
400
This term is a connecting word, used with lists or choice. The 7 most common use the acronym, FANBOYS.
What is a conjunction?
500
This means to highlight one's entire life in a book, written by themselves.
What is an autobiography?
500
This word means to express emotion at the beginning of the sentence with an exclamation point or a comma
What is an interjection?
500
These shorter words take the place of a noun to save time.
What is a pronoun?
500
These parts of speech must always be at the end of a prepositional phrase
What is a noun or pronoun?