part of speech

NOUN

a person, place, thing, or idea.

COMMON  NOUN

a general person, place, thing, or idea and is not capitalized

PROPER  NOUN

a specific person, place, thing, or idea and are capitalized.

CONCRETE  NOUN

a physical object in the real world.

ABSTRACT  NOUN

an idea or concept that does not exist in the real world and cannot be touched.

PRONOUN

words that replace or stand in for other nouns in a sentence.

ARTICLES

words that appear before nouns to show whether the noun is specific or general

ACTION/ MAIN  VERB

a word that shows action

LINKING  VERB

verbs that connect the subject of a sentence to something that describes it (adverb, adjective).

HELPING  VERB

verbs that connect the main verb of the sentence to its subject

ADVERBS

words that modify or describe verbs, adjectives, or other adverbs.

ADJECTIVES

words that modify or describe nouns in a sentence (also called modifiers)

COORDINATE  ADJECTIVE

adjectives that are in the same category (size, shape, color, etc) that can be rearranged without changing the meaning of the sentence.

COMPARATIVE  ADJECTIVE

adjectives that compare two things.

SUPERLATIVE  ADJECTIVE

adjectives that are used to describe what is most or least among multiple things.

PREPOSITION

words used to show relationships in location, time, or direction.

PREPOSITIONAL  PHRASE

a group of words containing a preposition, its object, and any words that modify the object (modifiers).

CONJUNCTION

words that link other words, phrases, or clauses together

COORDINATING  CONJUNCTION

words that join two things of equal rank (2 verbs, 2 adjectives, 2 phrases, etc)

SUBORDINATING CONJUNCTION

words that introduce dependent clauses.