The 8 Parts of Speech Week2

Crafting an Effective Writer Week 2

1. Nouns
2. Pronouns
3. Adjectives
4. Verbs
5. Adverbs
6. Prepositions
7. Conjunctions
8. Interjections



Definitions

Noun
a person, place, thing, quality, or action and can function as the subject or object of a verb, the object of a preposition, or an appositive

Pronoun
renames nouns to reduce repetition

Adjective
modifies nouns and pronouns

Verb
indicates action or state of being

Adverb
modifies verbs, adjectives, and other adverbs

Preposition
acts as relationship between words in the form of condition, direction, location, or time

Conjunction
links words, phrases, and/or clauses

Interjection
brief, emotional responses to a situation or event


Nouns:
• Common or proper
• Person, place, thing, living creature, idea

Pronouns:
• Subject
• Object
• Indefinite (subject or object)
• Relative (introduce relative clauses)
• Demonstrative (subject, object, adjective)
• Possessive (refer to specific belonging)
• Interrogative (questions)
• Reflexive/Intensive (refer back to noun/pronoun; function as objects)

Adjectives:
• Descriptive (describes quality of noun)
• Proper (formed using proper noun)
• Predicate (after noun, connected by linking verb)
• Determiner (a, an, the)

Verbs:
• Action (show an action)
• Linking (explain condition)
• Helping/auxiliary (describe main verb)
◦ helping verb + main verb = complete verb

Adverbs:
• Some end in -ly, some do not

Prepositions:
• Prepositional phrases – begin with preposition and end with noun or pronoun

Conjunctions:
• Coordinating
• Correlative
• Adverbial
• Subordinate

Interjections:
• Not used in academic writing