Word Class and Terminology

A person, place or thing.

• Adjective

• Verb

• Noun

• Pronoun

Giving an object or animal human characteristics is

• personification

• animation

• hyperbole

A word that describes an action

• Adjective

• Adverb

• Proper noun

• Determiner

Words or phrases that repeat to reinforce ideas

• Metaphor

• Repetition

• Simile

• Personification

A comparison not using like or as: "Juliet is the sun."

• simile

• personification

• metaphor

A word that describes a noun

• Adjective

• Adverb

• Proper noun

• Pronoun

The boy read his BOOK.

• Noun

• Adjective

• Verb

• Article

The house was NICE and WARM.

• Verbs

• Adjectives

• Articles

• Adverbs

The cheetah SPRINTED across the land.

• Verb

• Conjunction

• Preposition

• Adjective

Heavy as lead is a

• metaphor

• simile

• irony