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8 Parts of Speech
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English
9th Grade
09/26/2012

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Noun
Definition
The part of speech that is used to name or identify a person, place thing, quality, or action.
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Pronoun
Definition
A word that takes a place of a noun, noun phrase, or noun clause.
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Adverb
Definition
The part of speech that is primarily used to modify a verb, adjective, or another adverb.
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Verb
Definition
The part of speech that describes an action or occurrence or indicates a state of being.
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Adjective
Definition
The part of speech that modifies a noun or a pronoun.
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Interjection
Definition
A short utterance that usually shows expresses emotion and is capable of standing alone.
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Conjunction
Definition
The part of speech that serves to connect words, phrases, clauses or sentences. ( a, an, the )
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Preposition
Definition
A word that shows the relationship between a noun or pronoun and other words in a sentence.
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