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Writing and Grammar Notes
Parts of Speech:
Term
Noun
Common Noun
Compound Noun
Possessive Noun
Proper Noun
Pronoun
Verb
Action Verb
Being Verb
Adjective
Article Adjective
Adverb
Preposition
Conjunction
Interjection
Definition
Person, place, or thing
Non-specific person, place, or thing; example: school, grocery
store
A noun that is formed by combining two words; example: ice
cream, warm-up, butterfly
Noun that shows ownership; example: That is Terrell’s football.
Specific person, place, or thing; example: Walker-Grant Middle
School, Food Lion
Word used for or instead of a noun to keep us from repeating the
same noun too often; examples: he, she
Action word or a state of being
Says what the noun is doing; example: run, jump, dance
Describes a state of being or existence; examples: am, is, are, was,
were, be, being, been, seem
Describes a noun
Word placed before a noun to show whether the noun is used in a
particular or general sense; examples: a, an, the
Word which modifies a verb, an adjective and sometimes another
adverb; usually ends in –ly; examples: quickly; sloppily
Describes relationship between other words in a sentence;
locates a noun in space or time; examples: before, in front of, at,
in, to, between, behind, over, of
Word which joins words, phrases, clauses and sentences
together; examples: FANBOYS-for, and, nor, but, or, yet, so
Word which expresses surprise or some sudden emotion of the
mind; examples: eww, boo, whoa, yeah
Types of Sentences:
Term
Complete Sentence
Sentence Fragment
Run-On Sentence
Declarative Sentence
Definition
Subject: noun in the sentence
Predicate: verb or action in the sentence
Not a complete sentence; doesn’t have a subject or
predicate; example: During the summer, Sarah.
A sentence is not properly punctuated so it goes on and on;
to fix a run-on sentence you can use a comma, period, or
semi-colon; example: Lily is a sweet girl she really loves
animals
Statement of truth or fact; ends in a period
Interrogative Sentence
Imperative Sentence
Exclamatory Sentence
Sentence that asks a question; ends in a question mark
Gives a demand; ends in a period or exclamation point
Expresses excitement or emotion; ends in an exclamation
point
Writing and Punctuation:
Term
Definition
A process you go through when completing a writing assignment;
Writing Process
Period
1. Brainstorm 2. Rough Draft 3. Revise and Edit 4. Feedback 5.
Final Draft
Put at the end of a statement; .
Question Mark
Exclamation Mark
Quotation Marks
Comma
Apostrophe
Put at the end of a question; ?
Put at the end of sentence to show emotion; !
Used to show that someone is speaking; “…”
Used to separate phrases and words in a sentence; ,
Looks like ‘; used to possession or contractions; examples:
Nancy’s, could’ve
Hyphen
Parentheses
Used to combine two words; example: warm-up, seventh-grade
Contains extra information for the sentence; example: He
received a nice bonus from his boss ($500).
Connects independent thoughts; example: It was a beautiful day;
there was not a cloud in the sky.
Used for lists; example: I need these items from the store: milk,
butter, and eggs.
Semi-Colon
Colon