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__4 TYPES OF SENTENCES __ // I cleaned my room. // //Clean your room.// //Did you clean your room?// //I cleaned my room!//
 * Declarative: makes a statement**
 * Imperative: gives a command**
 * Interrogative: asks a question**
 * Exclamatory: shows strong emotion.**

__FIGURATIVE LANGUAGE__ [|Figurative Language Rap] [|Mr. Nelson Matching Challenge...can you beat 33 seconds?] For your fill-in-the-blank quizzies, use the form below to quiz yourself: **Figures of Speech** ........**Simile:** compares two things using a linking word //like// or //as// ........**Metaphor**: compares two things without using linking words //like// or //as// ........**Personification**: giving human qualities or actions to nonliving things ........**Hyperbole:** exaggeration for dramatic/humorous effect ........**Symbol**: an object that is used to represent an idea ........**Idiom:** an expression whose meaning is different from the meaning of its individual words ........**Alliteration:** the repetition of the beginning sounds of words ........**Onomatopoeia:** a word that represents the sound
 * Sound** **Effects**

__PARTS OF SPEECH__ [|Ms. Szychlinski's Virtual Word Wall: Online Flashcards - PARTS OF SPEECH]

........ **Subjective Pronouns:** acts as the subject of the sentence (//I, you, he, she, it, we, what, who, they)// ........**Objective Pronoun:** acts as the object of the sentence (//me, you, him, her, it, us, what, whom, them)// ........**Possessive Pronoun:** shows possession or ownership (//mine, yours, his, hers, its, ours, theirs, whose)// ........**Intensive Pronoun:** used for emphasis (//myself, yourself, himself, herself, itself, ourselves, themselves)// ........**Antecedent:** the noun or group of words acting as a noun that the pronoun is referring to.
 * INTERJECTION:** an exclamation that shows strong emotion
 * NOUN:** a person, place, thing, or idea
 * ADJECTIVE:** a word that describes a noun or pronoun; includes articles
 * VERB:** a word that shows action or state-of-being
 * ADVERB:** a word that modifies/describes a verb, adjective, or another adverb
 * PREPOSITION:** a word that shows direction, time, or a relationship between a noun and other words in the sentence
 * CONJUNCTION:** a word that joins parts of a sentence together
 * PRONOUN:** a word that replaces a noun or a group of words acting as a noun

__WORD STUDY__
 * Prefixes:** a word part that goes at the beginning of a base word; changes the meaning but not the spelling of the base word
 * Suffixes:** a word part that goes at the end of a base word; can change the tense, plural form, part of speech, and possibly the spelling of the base word
 * Roots:** word origins, sometimes from Greek or Latin languages
 * Homophones:** words that sound the same but have different spellings and meanings
 * Antonym:** words that have the opposite meaning
 * Synonym:** words that have the same meaning
 * Denotation:** the dictionary definition of a word
 * Connotation**//:// the feeling a word suggests

__PUNCTUATION USAGE__
 * Comma**
 * Parentheses**
 * Dashes**
 * Dialogue**

__RHETORICAL STRUCTURES & GENRES__
 * Argument/Persuasion**
 * Informative / Explanatory / Exposition**
 * Narrative**


 * Fiction**
 * Nonfiction**

__POINT OF VIEW__
 * First Person**
 * Third Person (limited)**
 * Third Person (omniscient)**

__OTHER WRITING TERMS__
 * Theme:** the idea, message, or moral of a writing piece
 * Plagiarism:** copying the words and ideas and pretending they are yours without citing them or giving credit; THIS IS ILLEGAL.
 * Thesis**: a sentence that summarizes the main idea of an essay; usually found at the end of the introduction and the beginning of the conclusion
 * Parallelism:** repeating words or phrases to add parallel rhythm to writing
 * Paraphrase**: putting something into your own words