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Grammar Jammar
Word Categories
Figurative Language
Text Features
Leftovers
100
This is a person, place and thing.
What is a Noun?
100
This type of word is made when two words are joined to form a new word like backpack and sandbox.
What is a compound word?
100

This is a comparison using like or as. For example: My sister was as angry as a bear.

What is a simile?

100

This is a drawing or photograph that shows the specific location of different places.

What is a map?

100

This type of writing contains true facts, & tells about real people, places, objects, etc.

What is non-fiction or informative writing?

200
This type of word can express action.
What is a verb?
200
These are words that mean the same thing like small and tiny.
What is a synonym?
200

This is the comparison of two things without using like or as. For example: The pillow was a cloud.

What is a metaphor?

200

This is a box of extra facts or information usually located next to or under the main text.

What is a sidebar?

200
This is a general name for a person, place, thing, or idea: dog, island, boy, peace...
What is a common noun?
300
This type of word modifies a noun or pronoun. In this case, "modifies" means "tells more about." These are words that describe things.
What is an adjective?
300
These are words with opposite meanings like beginning and end.
What is an antonym?
300

This is an exaggeration used for effect. For example: He was crying a river. 

What is a hyperbole?

300

This is drawing or photograph that is labeled with specific information.

What is a diagram?

300
This is a SPECIFIC person, place, thing, or idea: Mary, McDonalds, Nantucket.....
What is proper noun?
400
This type of word is used in place of a noun or nouns. Common examples of this type of word include he, her, him, I, it, me, she, them, they, us, and we.
What is pronoun?
400
These words sound exactly alike, but have different spellings and meanings like there and their.
What is homophones?
400

This is the use of words to describe sounds. For example: Pow! Crash! Bang!

What is onomatopoeia? 

400

These can be found in bold print before the start of each paragraph that tell you what that paragraph will be about.

What is a subheading?

400

This is a type of writing that includes characters, setting, and a plot.

What is a narrative?

500
This type of word modifies a verb, an adjective, or another adverb. In this case, "modifies" means "tells more about." This type of word tells more about how the verb is being done and often end in "-ly."
What is an adverb?
500
This word is two words combined with an apostrophe such as can't, wouldn't, I'd, won't. When writing this type of word the main word usually doesn't change except in the following words: will not becoming won't and cannot becoming can't.
What is contraction?
500

This is repetition of consonant sounds at the BEGINNING of words. For example: Sally sold sea shells by the sea shore.

What is alliteration?

500

These can be found under a photograph and usually explain what the photograph shows.

What is a caption?

500
This is what the lines spoken by characters in drama or fiction are called.
What is dialogue?