ADJECTIVES 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.

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

ALLITERATION Alliteration is 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.

METAPHOR A metaphor is when something is described by saying it is something else. She’s a wizard at maths. He is a pig when it comes to eating his dinner.

PERSONIFICATION 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.

SOLILOQUY A soliloquy is a speech spoken by an actor alone on stage. It is designed to reveal the character’s innermost thoughts and feelings. ‘To be or not to be– that is the question...’

SUPERLATIVE 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 I’ve ever seen.

PROPER NOUN Proper 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

WHO’S / WHOSE Who’s = the shortened form of ‘who is’ or ‘who has’. Who’s the owner of this house? Whose = this word shows ownership in two ways. This is the man whose house it is. OR Whose house is this?

AFFECT / EFFECT Affect = a verb which means to ‘cause a change in something.’ Rain affected the rugby match. Effect = a noun which means the result or consequence of something. The rain had a terrible effect on the rugby match.