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NOUNS Types of nouns: (list three to five words of each type) · Common Nouns: name a class of people, places, things, or ideas. EX: Witches, Asylum, Circus, Coven, 7 Wonders · Proper Nouns: give the name or title of a particular person, place, thing, or idea (must be capitalized). EX:Cordelia, Camp Redwood, Hotel Cortez, Roanoke Colony, Hell · Compound Nouns: consist of words used together to form a single noun. EX.Antichrist, Greenhouse, nightmare · Concrete Nouns: refer to material things, to people, or to places. EX: cauldron, cigarette, potion, axe · Abstract Nouns: name ideas, qualities, concepts, emotions, or attitudes. EX: insanity, mature, compassion

Functions (How nouns are used): Write one sentence for each function. · Subject (comes before the verb) Lana Winters snuck in the male asylum. · Direct Object (comes after the verb and answers what or whom) Violet asked Tate to leave her alone. · Indirect Object (answers to who or to whom) Micheal gave Misty Day one more chance and brought her back.

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PRONOUNS Pronouns take the place of nouns that have been established. Personal: Nominative (subjects) Objective (objects) I/we me/us you/you you/you He, she, it, one/they him, her, it, one/them

Possessive

My, mine our, ours

Your, yours your, yours His, her, hers, its, one’s their, theirs

Relative: Nominative Objective who whom

those/ this That of that

Possessive whose

Reflexive: (personal pronouns plus the suffix –self or –selves) Used only: when the action verb is directed toward the subject of the construction: He hates himself more than anyone else. She taught herself how to control pyrokinesis. to intensify a point: The Antichrist himself managed to get Queenie out of Hotel Cortez even though most couldn't do it, he did it himself.

Demonstrative: this, these that, those

Indefinite: all, another, anybody, anyone, anything, both, each, either, everybody, everyone, everything, everywhere, few, many, much, neither, nobody, none, no one, nothing, one, other, several, somebody, someone, such.

VERBS Verbs show the time, action, and state of being of a subject.

Tense: verbs indicate time via tenses:

simple past past past perfect past progressive simple present present present perfect present progressive present perfect progressive future future perfect

Types: There are at least eleven (11) types of verbs: auxiliary verbs (helping verbs) linking verbs (verbs that do not describe action, but connect the subject of a sentence to other parts of the sentence – usually the predicate) lexical verbs (main verbs) dynamic verbs (indicate action) stative verbs (describe a condition) finitive verbs (indicate tense) nonfinitive verbs (infinitives or participles) regular verbs (weak verbs) irregular verbs (strong verbs) transitive verbs (verbs followed by a direct object) intransitive verbs (verbs that do not take direct objects)

Voice: Voice is the form of the verb that indicates how it relates or interacts with the action. The English language has two voices: ACTIVE and PASSIVE.

Active: The witches did the seven wonders. (witches are the subject)

Passive: The seven wonders test was offered to the witches. (witches are subject but treated as an object Verbals: (VERB FORMS NOT USED AS VERBS) Gerund: word ending in “ing” used as a noun. · The Roanoke Colony were killing the contestants on the show “My Roanoke Nightmare” . Participle: word ending in “ing” or “ed” used as an adjective · There are ghosts roaming around in this haunted hotel. · Donna helped Brook escape the guarded prison where she was held captive.

Infinitive: verb preceded by the word “to” (to go, to jump) used as nouns, adjectives, or adverbs · Elsa Mars likes to sing and perform.

ADJECTIVES Adjectives modify, describe, limit, and identify nouns and pronouns. · Kinds: Demonstrative, Common, Proper (Give one example of each using words related to your subject) Bette and Dot are conjoined twins. Malory is the next supreme.

ADVERBS Adverbs modify verbs, adjectives, and other adverbs. · Endings (Create one example related to your subject for each) –ly, -wards, -wise · Conversions (Show how three words related to your subject can become adverbs – Example: “Educational” becomes “Educationally” “Mental” becomes “Mentally” “Happy” becomes “Happily” “Relative” becomes “Relatively” · Types: Manner, Frequency, Degree, Place, Time

Example Types: (Create one example each related to your subject) Manner – Elsa performed beautifully. Time – Mallory traveled back in time to defeat the AntiChrist and save the word immediately. Place – Queenie was willingly staying at the Cortez Hotel overnight.

Degree – Belle and Dots performance was exceptionally good. Frequency –Maddison is constantly having a bad attitude around the girls.

CONJUNCTIONS Coordinating (FANBOYS): for, and, nor, but, or, yet, so Correlative: Either/or; neither/nor; not only/but also; both/and; whether/or; as/so Subordinate: after, though as, as if, as long as, as thought, because, before, if, in order that, provided that, since, so, so that, that, though, till, unless, when, where, whereas, while Relative pronouns: who (refers to people), which (refers to nonliving object or animals), that (may refer to animals or nonliving objects)

PREPOSITIONS Prepositions link nouns, pronouns, and phrases to other parts of the sentence. Prepositions are NEVER followed by verbs. There are one-word prepositions and complex prepositions. These are some common one-word prepositions: aboard, about, above, according to, across, across from, after, against, along, alongside, alongside of, along with, amid, among, apart from, around, as, as far as, aside from, at, away from, back of, because of, before, behind, below, beneath, beside, between, beyond, but (except), by, by means of, concerning, despite, down, down from, except, except excluding for, for, from, from among, from between, from under, in, in addition to, in behalf of, including, in front of, in place of, in regard to, inside, inside of, in spite of, instead of, into, like, near, near to, notwithstanding, of, off, on, on account of, on behalf of, onto, on top of, opposite, out, out of, outside, outside of, over, over to, owing to, past, prior to, to, toward, under, underneath, until, unto, up, upon, up to, versus, with, within, without.

INTERJECTIONS Interjections are the final part of speech. Find and copy/paste an alphabetical list of interjections here. A aah, ack, agreed, aha, ha, ahem, alas, all right, amen, argh, as if, away, aye B bah, blast,boo hoo, bother, boy, brr, by golly, bye C Cheerio, cheers, chin up, come on, crikey,curses D dear me, doggone,drat,duh E easy does it, eek, egads, exactly F fair enough, fiddle-dee-dee, fiddlesticks, fie fo, fooey G G'day, gadzooks, gangway geegee lost, get outta here, go on, good good, jolly good, job, gosh, gracious, great, grr, gulp H haha-haha, hallelujah, harrumph, hawhee, here, hey, hmm,ho hum, hoo,hooray,hot dog, how, huh, hum, hurray, huzza

I I say, ick, is it, ixnay J Jeez, just a sec, just kidding, just wondering K kapish L lala-di-dah, lo, long time, look, look here, lordy M Man, meh,mmm, most certainly, my, my my, my word N Nah, naw, never, no ,no can do, no thanks, no way, nooo, not ,nuts O Oh oh, okay, okey-dokey, om, oof, ooh, oopsey, over, oy P Peace, pew, pff, phew, pish, posh,psst,ptui Q quite R Rah, rats, ready,right, right on, roger, roger that, rumble S Say, see ya, shame, shh, shoo, shucks, sigh,sleep tight, snap, sorry,sssh,sup T tata, tata-da, take that, tally hotch, thanks, there there there, time out, toodles, touche, tsktsk-tsk, tut, tut-tut U Ugh, uh, uh-oh, um, ur, urgh V very nice, very well, voila, vroom W wah, well, well done, well, well what, whatever, whee, when, whew, whoa, whoo, whoopee, whoops, whoopsy, why, word, wow, wuzzup Y Ya,yea, yeah, yech, yikes, yippee, yoyoo-hoo, you bet,you don't say, you know, yow, yum,yummy Z Zap, zounds, zowie, zzz

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