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FIRST TRIMESTER STUDY GUIDE
PARTS OF SPEECH
A noun is a word that represents a person,
place, thing, or idea.
A pronoun is a word that represents one or
more nouns or pronouns.
An adjective is a word that modifies a noun
or pronoun
A verb is a word that expresses action or
state of being.
An adverb is a word that modifies a verb,
an adjective, or another adverb.
A preposition is a word that shows
relationship or location.
A conjunction is a word that joins words or
groups of words together..
An interjection is a word that expresses
emotion.
THERE ARE 7 KINDS OF NOUNS
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Common, proper
Abstract, concrete
Compound, collective
Possessive
PREPOSITION SONG
(sing to Yankee Doodle)
About above across after
Against along among
Around at before behind
Below beneath beside
Between beyond but by down during
Except for from in inside
Into like near of off on
Onto out (and) outside.
(sing to happy birthday)
SIX PARTS OF A BUSINESS LETTER
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Heading
Inside address
Salutation
Body
Closing
Signature
ELEMENTS OF A PLOT
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Exposition
o Character, setting, point of
view
Conflict
Rising action
Climax
Falling action
Resolution
THERE ARE 2 TYPES OF CONFLICT
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INTERNAL
o Man vx. Self
EXTERNAL
o Man vs. man
o Man vs. society
o Man vs. nature
Over past since through
To toward under underneath
Until up upon
With within without
HELPING VERB SONG
Has have had may might (and) must
Am is are was were
Be being been do did (and) does
Am is are was were
With a could should would
And a will shall can
Those are all the helping verbs
I’m gonna pass the test, man.
Mrs. Scotten will be glad
I know my helping verbs
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VERBS
Action: physical or mental
Linking: Identify or describe
Transitive: needs a direct object
to complete the thought
o I hit Jack
Intransitive: does not need
object to complete the thought.
o I thought about school.