Key Terms

• Subject Verb Agreement


  This is a rule that the subject and verb must be the same in number
• Verb


  This is a word that denotes action, occurrence or existence
• Verb Tense


  This indicates the time of the action or state of being
• Verb Form


  This relates to the principal parts of words that show action or states of being
• Future Tense


  This is the form a verb takes when it expresses an action in later time; helping verbs (will and shall) accompany the main verb
• Linking Verb


  This is a word that connects the subject to either a noun or adjective; They are either a form of "be" or other specific words
• Past Tense


  This is the form a verb takes when it expresses an action that has already occurred; regular ones are formed by adding d or ed to the basic verb form
• Present Tense


  This is the form a verb takes when it expresses current action; In the third person singular (he, she, it), often add an s or es to the basic form of the verb
• Perfect Tense


  This is the tense formed by the use of "have" or "had", and indicate completed action
• Irregular Verb


  These are verbs that do not follow standard conjugation rules
• Transitive Verb


  This is a verb that conveys action that has an object
• Intransitive Verb


  This is a verb that conveys action that has no object
• Verb


  An action word
• Noun


  A person, place, thing, or idea
• Metaphor


  a figure of speech in which a word or phrase is applied to an object or action to which it is not literally applicable.
• Simile


  A comparison using "like" or "as"
• Onomatopoeia


  A word that imitates the sound it represents.
• Hyperbole


  exaggerated statements or claims not meant to be taken literally.
• Concrete Noun


  A thing that can be seen, heard, smelled, touched, or tasted
• abstract noun


  names an idea, a feeling, a quality, or a characteristic
• proper noun


  a SPECIFIC person, place, thing, or idea
• adverb


  A word that modifies a verb, an adjective, or another adverb
• Personification


  A figure of speech in which an object or animal is given human feelings, thoughts, or attitudes
• Plosive


  A short burst of sound made when you say a word containing the letters b, d, g, k, p or t
• fricative


  produced by a constant flow of air through the vocal tract (f and v)
• register


  a horizontal band, often on top of another, that tells a narrative story
• Jargon


  special words or expressions that are used by a particular profession or group and are difficult for others to understand.
• idiolect


  An individually distinctive style of speaking
• Synonym


  A word that means the same as another word
• morpheme


  in a language, the smallest unit that carries meaning; may be a word or a part of a word (such as a prefix)
• prefix


  a syllable or word that comes before a root word to change its meaning
• suffix


  A word or letter placed after the root.
• tense


  past, present, future
• clause


  A grammatical unit that contains both a subject and a verb.
• declarative


  makes a statement
• interrogative


  asks a question
• imperative


  absolutely necessary
• exclama


  makes an exclamation
• active voice


  The subject of the sentence performs the action
• passive voice


  The subject of the sentence receives the action.