Skin like milk, hair of silk what are similes and metaphors?
| Main Author: | Cleary, Brian P., 1959- |
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| Other Authors: | Gable, Brian, 1949- (Illustrator) |
| Format: | Books Print Book |
| Language: | English |
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Minneapolis :
Millbrook Press,
2009.
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| Series: |
Words are categorical
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| Subjects: |
Series: Words are categorical
A mink, a fink, a skating rink: what is a noun?
Hairy, scary, ordinary: what is an adjective?
To root, to toot, to parachute: what is a verb?
Under, over, by the clover: what is a preposition?
Dearly, nearly, insincerely: what is an adverb?
I and you and don't forget who: what is a pronoun?
How much can a bare bear bear?: what are homonyms and homophones?
Pitch and throw, grasp and know: what is a synonym?
A lime, a mime, a pool of slime: more about nouns
Stop and go, yes and no: what is an antonym?
Quirky, jerky, extra-perky: more about adjectives
Slide and slurp, scratch and burp: more about verbs
Lazily, crazily, just a bit nasally: more about adverbs
Stroll and walk, babble and talk: more about synonyms
Skin like milk, hair of silk: what are similes and metaphors?
Straight and curvy, meek and nervy: more about antonyms
But and for, yet and nor: what is a conjunction?
Cool! and whoa! ah! and oh!: what is an interjection?
I'm and won't, they're and don't: what's a contraction?
Thumbtacks, earwax, lipstick, dipstick: what is a compound word?
Feet and puppies, thieves and guppies: what are irregular plurals?
Madam and nun and 1001: what is a palindrome?
Breezier, cheesier, newest, and bluest: what are comparatives and superlatives?
Pre- and re-, mis- and dis-: what is a prefix?
A bat cannot bat, a stair cannot stare: more about homonyms and homophones
-Ful and -Less, -Er and -Ness: what is a suffix?
Chips and cheese and Nana's knees: what is alliteration?