1. PARTS OF SPEECH

2. NOUNS A PERSON, PLACE, THING OR IDEA Person – Cop/Fireman/Teacher Place – School/Home/Mall Thing – Cat/Toy/Desk Idea - Democracy

3. VERBS EXPRESSES EXISTENCE, ACTION OR OCCURENCE Existence – To be/To seem/To feel Action – Run/Jump/Swim Occurrence – Become/Happen/Change

4. ADJECTIVES MODIFIES A NOUN OR PRONOUN. DESCRIBES, IDENTIFIES, OR QUANTIFIES. Cute cat Husky Helga Excessive shopper

5. ADVERBS MODIFIES A VERB. ANSWER QUESTIONS SUCH AS – HOW? WHY? WHEN? WHERE? TO WHAT EXTENT? Express Time – Rarely/Frequently Express Manner – Quickly/Slowly/Hungrily Express Location – Here/There/Yesterday

6. PREPOSITIONAL PHRASE ADD MEANING TO NOUNS AND VERBS. BEGIN WITH A PREPOSITION. Of/With/Which/At At my house Around the corner On Tuesday

7. SIMILE/METAPHOR SIMILE – COMPARES TWO THINGS USING LIKE OR AS Fat as a cat Funny as a clown METAPHOR – COMPARES TWO THINGS USING AN IMAGE, STORY OR TANGIBLE THING Life is a highway