Palm Beach Junior Academy

Words used to join words, and phrases (examples include; for and, nor, but, or yet and so)

Describing words.

Meaning of words and sentences.

A person, place or thing.

Rules for using words appropriately.

Writing intended to explain or describe something.

Spelling, punctuation and capitalization.

Writing that tries to convince readers to do something or accept the writer's point of view.

Words that show action or state of being.

Compare two unlike things, saying something IS something ELSE.

A system of spoken, written, or signed symbols that allows people to communicate.

Rules that specify how the units of language can be combined to produce meaningful messages.

A story or n account of an event or series of events.

Adjectives, adverbs, conjunctions, interjections, nouns, pronouns, prepositions, verbs.

A type of literature that expresses ideas, feelings, or tells a story in a specific form.

An end mark that denotes strong feelings.

Compares two unlike things as LIKE or AS.

The production of particular speech sounds to make it sound clear and precise.

Describe verbs; these words often end in -ly.

Verse in which the first letters in each line form a word or message.