| What is a noun? | A naming word for things, animals, people, places and feelings |
| Choose an example of a noun. | Table |
| What is a verb? | A word to describe an action, occurrence or state. |
| Choose an example of a verb. | Walked |
| What is a adjective? | A word that describes a noun. |
| Choose an example of an adjective? | Big |
| What is an adverb? | A word which describes when, where or how an action is being carried out. |
| Choose an example of an adverb. | Quickly |
| What is a synonym? | A word or phrase that means eactly or nearly the same. |
| What is a synonym for close? | Shut |
| What is a similie? | A comparison of one thing with another, the word 'as' is normally used in the sentence. |
| Choose an example of a simile. | 'She is as innocent as an angel.' |
| What is a metaphor? | A statement saying something is something else. |
| Choose an example of a metaphor. | 'She is an angel.' |
| What is personification? | The giving of human qualities to something non-human. |
| Choose an example of personification. | The wind howled in the night. |
| What is alliteration? | The use of the same letter or sound at the beginning of closely connected words. |
| Choose an example of alliteration. | Grey geese in a field grazing. |
| What is onomatopoeia? | When words evoke the actual sound of the thing they are describing. |
| Choose an example of onomatopeia. | The clock went tick tock. |
