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Parts of Speech

Parts of Speech. Nouns. N ame people, places, things, and ideas Ex. Sam Susan Desk Computer School Texas Wal-Mart Love Hate. Verbs. S how action or a state of being . Ex. Suggest Thought Tracking am, is, are, was, were, be, been, being (be verbs) Sing Dance Jump.

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Parts of Speech

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  1. Parts of Speech

  2. Nouns • Name people, places, things, and ideas • Ex. • Sam • Susan • Desk • Computer • School • Texas • Wal-Mart • Love • Hate

  3. Verbs • Show action or a state of being. • Ex. • Suggest • Thought • Tracking • am, is, are, was, were, be, been, being (be verbs) • Sing • Dance • Jump

  4. Pronouns • Replace nouns. • Ex. • He • She • It • They • We • Us

  5. Adjectives • Modify (describe) nouns and pronouns. • Ex. • Blue • Cold • Distant • Earliest • Extensive • Short

  6. Adverbs • Modify verbs; adjectives, and other adverbs. • Ex. • Earlier • Finally • First • Loosely • Never • Occasionally • Once • Rapidly

  7. Prepositions • Relate a noun or pronoun to some other part of the sentence. • Ex. • Of • Around • About • In • On • Into • Across

  8. Conjunctions • Connect words or groups of words. • Ex. • And • But • Or • Either • However

  9. Interjections • Single words or phrases that exclaim or show emotion. • Ex. • Dear me! • Whew! • Yikes!

  10. Subject • thatwhichformsabasicmatter of thought,discussion,investigation, etc. • thetheme of a sermon,book,story,etc. • Ex. • The subject of the following sentence is desk. • The desk turned upside down

  11. Genre • aclassorcategory of artisticendeavor having a particular form, content, technique, or the like. • Ex. • Epic Poetry • None-Fiction • Fiction

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