Parts of Speech

Parts of Speech

Here's a Quinzaine about parts of speech:

Parts of Speech
Alone, lost, anxious to help
Create complete thoughts
when joined

Yes, parts of speech are the individual parts that make up sentences. They each have a specific job. Let's find out more.

**Professor Pen's Parts of Speech Poetry Parade**
Part of Speech	Type of Poem
Nouns A noun is a person, place, idea, or a thing Like your teacher, the desert, freedom, or wing	A couplet	Click here for more about nouns
Verbs Verbs are the action they run, play, talk, jump....and give nouns something to do	Haiku	Click here for more about verbs
Conjunctions Like a referee always fair, but determined to keep words or phrases from bumping together and making a terrible mess Conjunction
Adjectives Adjectives Describe Just nouns to make them Exquisite Curly Tedious Interesting Vivid Exact Special	Acrostic
Adverbs I wish I were an adverb telling verbs how, when, where, or to what extent they do what they do. Like the director in a play, I would make my verbs perform perfectly and proudly I would always boss verbs making them go here or there Because they really need me.		Click Here for More About Adverbs
Preposition Destined to show relationships between nouns and other things under the porch, over the rainbow, in the lake, and beneath my wings	Couplet	Here are some great prespositional phrases. Try starting a sentence with one everyday to "dress up" your essays!
Pronouns Pronouns take the place of nouns....Instead of constantly refering to Professor Pen, you could say "he" or "him". Mrs. Bergey becomes "she" or her". Together Mrs. Bergey and Professor Pen beocome "they" or "them". "You" and a friend become "we", and the skateboards you are riding become "it", "those". "You" get "it"?