Parts of Speech and Figurative Language Crossword Puzzle

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  1. 6. Show action or doing. All sentences must have at least one. Linking verbs express that someone or something exists or is a certain way. Be, am, is, are, was, were, been, being are linking verbs.
  2. 8. Words whose sound suggests its meaning. The bees buzzed by flying back to their hive.
  3. 9. Giving human qualities to things and ideas. The car jumped to the finish line.
  4. 10. Describe only nouns. They tell what kind? Or how many? Noun markers a, an, the are always adjectives. These words pile up in front of nouns. Words ending in –able, -ful, -ible, -ical,-ious, -ive, --y usually form adjectives.
  5. 12. A comparison using “like” or “as.” My backpack was like a bag of bricks.
  6. 13. These words that take the place of nouns to keep from repeating the nouns over and over. I , he, she, it, they, them, us, her, them, this, that, who, which, what. One of the possessive pronouns work like adjective -my, mine, his, hers, our, ours, etc
  7. 15. Most of these words indicate time, place or position. Most common prepositions are at, to , with from, for, of, on, in, into, onto
  8. 16. A phrase that has a meaning different from the dictionary definition. Don’t take the fall for your friend.
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  1. 1. An extravagant exaggeration. I ate five-thousand pancakes for breakfast!
  2. 2. References to people, an event from literature, sports, history, movies or the arts.He’s no Michael Jordan
  3. 3. These words are hook words, phrases, or sentences. Most common conjunctions are because when, while, as, since, although, whenever.
  4. 4. These words express emotion or are “fillers” in sentences, but which serve little other function.
  5. 5. Repeated consonant sounds at the beginning of words. Samantha saw seven silly soldiers selling strawberries Saturday.
  6. 7. Person, place, thing, feelings, or ideas. A, an, the usually go before a nounWord endings with suffixes -ance, -ancy,-ence,-ice,-ion,-ity,-ment,- -ness and –ure are usually nouns.
  7. 11. The words describe verbs, adjectives, or other adverbs. They answer the questions: how, when, where, why and under what conditions. Words that are always adverbs are: not, very, often, here, almost, always, never, there, and too. Often end with –ly.
  8. 14. A figure of speech stating two things are similar. The test was a long never-ending marathon