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04 Feb 09 - 08:02 PM (#2557484) Subject: BS: poem to help remember parts of speech? From: banjocircus My father remembers a poem from when he was in grammar school to help him remember the parts of speech. It had very clear definitions of each part, like, "an adverb tells you how, when or where." When I google, I only find this one short poem that has short (insufficient) definitions and examples (see: http://www.thehomeschoolingblog.com/2008/01/parts-of-speech-poem.html). Does anybody have a source for another parts of speech mnemonic poem? Thanks, Jonathan |
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04 Feb 09 - 09:03 PM (#2557545) Subject: RE: BS: poem to help remember parts of speech? From: Tangledwood Is this the one? Speech |
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05 Feb 09 - 12:34 AM (#2557669) Subject: RE: BS: poem to help remember parts of speech? From: open mike that looks like it might be the one.. when i was in jr. hi we learned an experimental language program that was based on a visitor from another planet who was trying to analyze the earthling language and the nouns were calle "1's" and verbs were "2's" and adjectives were called 3's and adverbs were 4's or the other way around.. i have been confused ever since... the program was soon discontinued and those of us who learned it were left to our own devices about how to transfer the terms we had learned to the "real" world definitions. |
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05 Feb 09 - 04:44 AM (#2557743) Subject: RE: BS: poem to help remember parts of speech? From: Keith A of Hertford In place of a noun a pronoun stands, As, he and she can clap their hands. A preposition shows relation, As, in the street or at the station. That is all I remember. Was that it? |
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09 Feb 09 - 12:05 PM (#2561805) Subject: RE: BS: poem to help remember parts of speech? From: banjocircus I'm not sure any of those are the one my dad remembers, but thanks for the help! |
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09 Feb 09 - 05:25 PM (#2562173) Subject: RE: BS: poem to help remember parts of speech? From: John on the Sunset Coast I remember my 7th grade English teacher saying, "A Prepsition (Prepositional Phrase?) is anything a rabbit can do to a hill." |
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16 Feb 09 - 02:23 PM (#2568419) Subject: RE: BS: poem to help remember parts of speech? From: GUEST,searching and found it just go into Google or Yahoo, etc. and type in "poem about the parts of speech". There's pages of same, and similar poems. |
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12 Mar 09 - 06:37 AM (#2587020) Subject: RE: BS: poem to help remember parts of speech? From: GUEST,Bibliomaniac Is this the poem? THE PARTS OF SPEECH Every name is called a NOUN, As field and fountain, street and town In place of noun the PRONOUN stands As he and she can clap their hands The ADJECTIVE describes a thing, As magic wand and bridal ring The VERB means action, something done - To read, to write, to jump, to run How things are done, the ADVERBS tell, As quickly, slowly, badly, well The PREPOSITION shows relation, As in the street, or at the station CONJUNCTIONS join, in many ways, Sentences, words, or phrase and phrase The INTERJECTION cries out, 'Hark! I need an exclamation mark!' Through Poetry, we learn how each of these make up THE PARTS OF SPEECH. |
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12 Mar 09 - 06:42 AM (#2587025) Subject: RE: BS: poem to help remember parts of speech? From: GUEST,Bibliomaniac Here's another poem on parts of speech: A NOUN is the name of anything Like HOOP or BUCKET, SOUP or STRING. ADJECTIVES tell about the noun Like BIG or LITTLE, PINK or BROWN. VERBS tell of something to be done To JUMP, to SING, to PUSH or RUN. Instead of nouns the PRONOUNS stand Like HE for John, SHE for Jane, IT for hand. How things are done the ADVERBS tell Like SLOWLY, QUICKLY, BADLY, WELL. CONJUNCTIONS join the words together Like you AND me, wind AND weather. PREPOSITIONS tell us where things are Like OVER the hill or UNDER the bar. When you can say this poem right through Parts of speech will be easy for you. |