English

nouns

person, place, thing, or idea

common nouns

A person, place, or thing that is not specific(example man, poster, tree, mug ect.)

proper noun

names and titles(example Josh, New York, King Charles)(use capital letters)

abstract nouns

feelings and ideas(example happiness, love, anger, past)

abstract nouns

feelings and ideas(example happiness, love, anger, past)

adjectives

tell us more about nouns(example the HUNGRY wolf howled at the BRIGHT moon)

Forming adjectives

change the nouns inro adjectives(example Japan to Japanese,hell to hellish)

Synynoms

words with the same meaning(example small, tiny, little

big, large, colossal)

Suffixes

a group of letters placed at the end of a word that changes its meaning or function.

Onomatopoeia

dramatic sound that suggests the meaning(example buzzed, quivered)

Alliteration

words beginning with the same sound(example slimy, slithered, snake)

Assonance

repeated vowel ( the lOnely wOlf hOwled At the mOOn

verb

action word

adverb

describing a verb(example, the mountaineer climbed(verb)up(adverb)the hill

visual image

appeals to readers sense of sight

aural image

appeals to the readers sense of hearing

tactile image

appeals to the readers sense of touch

olfactory image

appeals to the readers sense of smell

gustatory image

appeals to the readers sense of taste

metaphor

a direct comparison between two unrelated things to highlight a shared quality or idea. Instead of saying something is like something else, a ~blank~states that it is that thing.

simile

a figure of speech that compares one thing to another using the words “like” or “as” to highlight a shared quality.

setting

time or place