Noun

Def: A word used to identify a person, place or thing

Example: man, city, ball

Proper Noun

Def: A word used to identify a specific person, place or

thing

Example: Peter, London, Harrods

Common Noun

Def: A word used to identify a general person, place or

thing

Example: man, city, ball

Abstract Noun

Def: A word used to denote an idea, quality, state,

emotion / feeling.

Example: justice, happiness, talent

Verb

Def: A word used to express a physical action, a mental action or a state of being.

Example: run, think, am

Adjective

Def: A word that describes the noun.

Example: confused, beautiful, calm

Comparative

adjectiveDef: An adjective that is used to compare the differences between the two objects, people or places they are

describing.

Example: larger, faster, prettier

Superlative

adjectiveDef: An adjective that is

used to compare three or more objects, people or

places.

Example: largest, fastest, prettiest

Adverb

Def: A word that describes the verb.

Example: quickly, suspiciously, often

Simile

Def: A comparison between two things using the words

‘like’ or ‘as’

Example: as cute as a kitten, they fought like cats

and dogs

Metaphor

Def: A comparison between two things saying

something is something else.

Example: quickly, suspiciously, often

Personification

Def: Where an object is given human qualities

Example: The trees whispered. The fire

swallowed the entire forest

Personal pronoun

Def: Words that represent specific people or things. They can be singular (I) or plural (we). They reflect

person: first person (I, we), second person (you) and

third person (he/she/they)

Possessive pronoun

Def: A pronoun indicating possession of an object.

Example: My, mine, yours, his, hers, theirs

Onomatopoeia

Def: Words that sound like the noises they are making

Example: snap, crackle, pop

Hyperbole

Def: Exaggerated statements

Example: He is older than the hills. She’s got a truckload of money.

Alliteration

Def: A sequence of words that begin with the same letter. Consider whether the alliteration is soft or

hard.

Example: The beautiful bouquet blossomed in the

Assonance

Def: When two or more words close to one another repeat the same

vowel sound but start with different consonant sounds.

Example: We light fire on the mountain.

Noun phrase

Def: Two or more words that are connected by the

noun. For example, a determiner and a noun, an

adjective and a noun

Example: The boy, a blue car

Verb phrase

Def: Two or more words that are connected by the verb. For example, a verb

and an adverb

Example: ran quickly

Sibilance

Def: A form of alliteration using sounds that create a

hissing sound.

Example: Sing a song of sixpence

Tone

Def: The attitude conveyed through a piece of writing.

Example: Colloquial tone (informal), sarcastic,

argumentative, friendly, humorous