Parts of Speech

NOUNS · Common Nouns: name a cl ass of people, pl aces, things, or ideas. EX: Rope, forest, seattle, canada, Washington · Proper Nouns: give the name or title of a particul ar person, pl ace, thing, or idea (must be capitalized). EX: Ted Bundy, The Zodiac Killer, Jeffery Dahmer, Aileen Wurnos, Jack the RIpper. · Compound Nouns: consist of words used together to form a single noun. EX: hallway, cheeseburger, deathrow. · Concrete Nouns: refer to material things, to people, or to pl aces. EX: car, basement, forest. · Abstract Nouns: name ideas, qualities, concepts, emotions, or attitudes. EX: charm, intelligence, anger.

Functions (How nouns are used): Write one sentence for each function. · Subject (comes before the verb) Ted Bundy lured his victims with his charm and looks.

· Direct Object (comes after the verb and answers what or whom) Before killing someone, serial killers will often torcher victims.

· Indirect Object (answers to who or to whom) After requesting a full course meal for his final supper, Lawrence Russell Brewer did not eat a single bite.

PRONOUNS Reflexive: (personal pronouns plus the suffix –self or –selves) Used only: when the action verb is directed toward the subject of the construction: He hid himself in pl ain sight.

to intensify a point: The policeman himself delivered the speech. VERBS Voice: Voice is the form of the verb that indicates how it rel ates or interacts with the action. The English l anguage has two voices: ACTIVE and PASSIVE. Active: The victim's family received a phone call they never thought they would hear. (the victim's family is the subject) Passive: The phone rang leaving the victim's family with utter despair. (the victims family is the subject but treated as the object) Verbals: (VERB FORMS NOT USED AS VERBS) Gerund: word ending in “ing” used as a noun. · Killing is not the only way murderers find satisfaction. Participle: word ending in “ing” or “ed” used as an adjective · When walking alone, beware of your surroundings, we don't know who or what may be lurking in the dark. Infinitive: verb preceded by the word “to” (to go, to jump) used as nouns, adjectives, or adverbs He like to stalk his victims first. ADJECTIVES Adjectives modify, describe, limit, and identify nouns and pronouns. · Kinds: Demonstrative, Common, Proper (Give one example of each using words rel ated to your subject)

ADVERBS Adverbs modify verbs, adjectives, and other adverbs. · Endings ( Create one example rel ated to your subject for each) –ly, -wards, -wise · Conversions (Show how three words rel ated to your subject can become adverbs – Example: “Educational” becomes “Educationally”)

Types: Manner, Frequency, Degree, Pl ace, Time

Example Types: (Create one example each rel ated to your subject) Manner – Ms. Ramos answered the parent’s phone call quickly.

(How did she answer?) Time – Mr. Morgan will leave for a science tournament immediately. (When will he leave?)

Pl ace – Mr. Lee was willingly here earlier today working with students. (Where was he?) Degree – Ms. Saldivar’s exceptionally good work cannot be over-recognized. (How good is she?)

Frequency – Ms. Vill aneda is consistently pleasant to students and staff. (How often is she pleasant?) INTERJECTIONS absolutely, achoo, ack, ahh, aha, ahem, ahoy, agreed, al as, alright, alrighty, al ack, amen, anytime, argh, anyhoo, anyhow, as if, attaboy, attagirl, aww, awful, bam, bah, humbug, behold, bingo, bl ah, bless, you, boo, bravo, cheers, crud, darn, dang, doh, drat, duh, eek, eh, gee, jeepers, gee, whiz, golly, goodness, goodness gracious, gosh, ha, hallelujah, hey, hi, hmmm, huh, indeed, jeez, my gosh, no, now, nah, oops, ouch, phew, please, rats, shoot, shucks, there, tut, uggh, waa, what, woah, woops, wow, yay, yes, yikes