Parts of Speech

3. the mental and moral qualities distinctive to an individual.
7. a word that modifies or describes a noun or pronoun.
8. a word (other than a pronoun) used to identify any of a class of people, places, or things (common noun), or to name a particular one of these (proper noun).
9. the place or type of surroundings where something is positioned or where an event takes place.
13. a word governing, and usually preceding, a noun or pronoun and expressing a relation to another word or element in the clause, as in “the man on the platform,” “she arrived after dinner,” “what did you do it for ?”.
14. something that stands for something else.
16. the section of a story that leads toward its climax.
17. a word that can function by itself as a noun phrase and that refers either to the participants in the discourse (e.g., I, you ) or to someone or something mentioned elsewhere in the discourse (e.g., she, it, this ).

1. the most intense, exciting, or important point of something; a culmination or apex.
2. a word or phrase that modifies or qualifies an adjective, verb, or other adverb or a word group, expressing a relation of place, time, circumstance, manner, cause, degree, etc. (e.g., gently, quiet, then, there ).
4. a serious disagreement or argument, typically a protracted one.
5. the period of time in a story that follows the climax and leads to the resolution.
6. a firm decision to do or not to do something.
10. a word used to describe an action, state, or occurrence, and forming the main part of the predicate of a sentence, such as hear, become, happen.
11. a comprehensive description and explanation of an idea or theory.
12. a word used to connect clauses or sentences or to coordinate words in the same clause (e.g. and, but, if ).
15. an abrupt remark, made especially as an aside or interruption.