Mr.

Mrs.
Dr.
USA
abbreviation
An
abbreviation is
a shortened
form of a word.
Some common
abbreviations
are: St. (street),
Ave. (avenue),
km (kilometer),
and UK
(United
Kingdom).

art
rat
tar

Types of Words, Phrases, and Sentences

FAQ
OJ
leaping
USA
lizards
acronym
building
An acronym is
blocks
a
pronounceable
word that is
formed using
the first letters
in a phrase
(sometimes
other parts of
the words are
used). Some
acronyms are:
RAM (which is
short for
"Random
Access
Memory") and
NIMBY (which
is short for
"Not In My
BackYard").

alliteration
Alliteration is the
repetition of initial
sounds in neighboring
words. "Slithering
snake" is an
alliteration because
both words start with
the "s" sound.
"Notable knight" is an
alliteration because
both words start with
the "n" sound (even
though they start with
different letters).

the, a, an
article

An article is a word
that introduces a noun
anagram
and also limits or
An anagram is
antonym clarifies it. In English,
a word or
Antonyms are the indefinite articles
phrase that is
words that
are: a and an; the
made by
mean the
definite article is the.
rearranging the opposite of
letters of
each other.
another word.
Some
For example,
antonyms
spot is an
include:

?
adverb

An adverb is a
word that tells
"how,"
"when,"
adjective
"where," or
An adjective is a word "how much".
that describes
Some adverbs
something (a noun).
are: easily,
Some adjectives are:
warmly,
big, cold, blue, and
quickly,
silly.
mainly, freely,
often, and
unfortunately.

butterfly
raincoat
compound word
A compound word is a
word made from two
or more other words.
For example, the word
teapot is made from
the words tea and pot.

can't
contraction
A contraction
is a word in
which some
letters have
been omitted;
the omitted
letters are
indicated by
an apostrophe.
For example,
"do not" can
be written as

anagram of
post.

happy/sad,
big/small,
up/down,
stop/go,
wet/dry,
long/short,
loose/tight.

and, or

Oh, Huh

conjunction
A conjunction
is a word that
joins other
words, phrases,
clauses or
sentences.
Some
conjunctions
are: and, as,
because, but,
or, since, so,
until, and
while.

the contraction
"don't" and "I
would" can be
written as the
contraction
"I'd."

interjection
homophone
Homophones
are words that
sound like one
another but
have different
meanings, like
flower and
flour.

An interjection is a
word that expresses
emotion. An
interjection often
starts a sentence but it
can be contained
within the sentence or
can stand alone. Some
interjections are oh,
wow, ugh, huh, hurray,
eh, and ah.

Life is a
dream.
metaphor

MOM
2002
opposite
Opposites are
things that are
very, very
different from
each other.
Some examples
of opposites
are: left and
right, big and
small, up and
down, tall and
short.

I, me,
she, her,
he, you

palindrome
A palindrome

is a word,
phrase or
number that
paragraph
reads the same A paragraph is one or
forward and
more sentences that
backward.
cover a single topic.
Some
The symbol for
palindromes
paragraph is .
are: the name
Bob, the
number 101,
and the phrase,
"Madam, I'm
Adam."

noun

A metaphor is a way
A noun is a
of describing
type of word
something by equating
that represents
it with something else.
a person,
For example, "Anne is
thing, or place.
the apple of my eye."

preposition

pronoun
A preposition is a
word that shows the A pronoun is a
substitute for a
spatial (space),
noun. Some
temporal (time), or
pronouns
logical relationship of
its object to the rest of include: I, me,
she, her, he,
the sentence. The
words above, near, at, him, it, you,
they, them,
by, after, with and
etc.
from are prepositions.

.,?!;
"Haste
makes
waste."

punctuation mark

"Hello"
Punctuation marks are
rhyme
A proper noun
symbols that are used
Words that
denotes a
in sentences and
quote
proverb
rhyme
have
specific person,
phrases to make the
When you quote
A
proverb
is
a
endings that
place, or thing
meaning clearer. Some someone, you relay
sound the
that has a name short saying punctuation marks are exactly what they said
that
tells
a
same, like cat
and is
the period (.), comma
or wrote.
commonly- (,), question mark (?),
and hat, or kite
capitalized
known truth. exclamation point (!),
and light.
(like Tom,
Delaware, or
colon (:) and
the Titanic).
semicolon(;).
proper noun

The dog is
brown.
Do you like
apples?

Busy as a
bee.
simile

! /,* @;:$

A simile is a
verb
way of
A verb is a
symbol
synonym
describing
sentence
type
of word
A symbol is a mark or Synonyms are words
A sentence is a something by
sign that stands for
that have almost the that describes
group of words comparing it to
same meaning, like an action or a
something else, something else. For
that is a
state of being,
example, the
the words car and
often using the
statement,
like wiggle,
automobile.
word "like" or symbol & means and.
question,
walk, run,
"as." For
exclamation, or
jump, be, do,
example, "He
command.
have, or think.
is as brave as a
lion."

word
A word is a
sequence of
letters that
means
something.