ADJECTIVE

S
Adjectives describe the
qualities of people, places
or things.

A mouse ran under the chair.

A small, brown mouse ran under the
blue chair.

VERBS

Verbs are action words or

doing words.

I ran to the finish line.

I asked her name.

ADVERBS

Adverbs describe and add extra

detail to the verb.
He played football skilfully.
We arrived yesterday at the
hotel.
She regularly goes swimming.

ONOMATOPO
EIA
Words which imitate (copy) or
suggest the sound of what
they describe.

Ban
g

Whi
zz
Buz
z

ALLITERATIO
Alliteration isN
when the same

sound or letter is repeated at

the beginning of several
words.

Terrifically tasty!
Fred frantically tried to flee.

SIBILANCE
Sibilance is when a s or sh
sound is repeated at the
beginning of several words.

She sat sipping soda in the

sizzling sunshine.

SIMILE

A simile is when one thing is

compared to another using
as or like.
As light as a feather.
He was like a child at Christmas.

METAPHO
R

A metaphor is when something is

described by saying it is something
else.

Shes a wizard at maths.

He is a pig when it comes to eating
his dinner.

PERSONIFICATI
ON
Personification is when things
or ideas are given human
characteristics.
The sun hid nervously behind the dark
clouds.
The pencil sprang to life in her hand.

SOLILOQU
Y

A soliloquy is a speech spoken by

an actor alone on stage. It is
designed to reveal the characters
innermost thoughts and feelings.
To be or not to be that is the
question...

SUPERLATI
VE
A type of adjective which is
used to refer or compare at
least three people or things.

She makes the best roast dinner money

can buy.
That is the smallest dog Ive ever seen.

PROPER
ProperNOUN
nouns have capital

letters and they refer to the

name of a particular person
or place.
William Shakespeare
Paris
Brigshaw

COMMON
NOUN
Common nouns name a kind of
person or thing. The name is
common to all things.
man
woman
country

COLLECTIVE
NOUN
Collective nouns describe a
group of people or things.
An army of soldiers
A bunch of flowers.
A swarm of bees.

ABSTRACT
NOUN
Abstract nouns describe things
that cannot actually be seen,
heard, smelt or tasted.
Love
Fear
Hatred

WHOS /
Whose = this
WhosWHOSE
= the

shortened form
of who is or
who has.
Whos the owner
of this house?

word shows
ownership in
two ways.

This is the man whose

house it is.
OR
Whose house is this?

AFFECT /
Affect =EFFECT
a verb
which means
to cause a
change in
something.

Effect = a noun
which means the
result or
consequence of
something.

The rain had a

Rain affected the
terrible effect on
rugby match.
the rugby match.