Dictionary: English Grammar Terms

short form ma do 3 Jun An anagram is a word or phrase made by rearranging the letters of another word or phrase, using all the original letters exactly once. The result is something new, but with the same set of letters. For example, “listen” becomes “silent,” “cinema” becomes “iceman,” and “dormitory” becomes “dirty room.” Simply put, […]

An allegory is a story, poem, or piece of art in which characters, events, and settings symbolize deeper meanings often moral, political, or spiritual. On the surface it reads as a normal narrative, but underneath it represents abstract ideas or real-world issues. For example, George Orwell’s Animal Farm is an allegory for the Russian Revolution, […]

Analogy is one of the literary devices in which there is a comparison between two different things. People do use analogies, either in writing or speaking, to describe one thing by making similarities with another thing. For instance, ‘all that glitters is not gold.’ The above example sentence is comparing fake attraction to the glitters. […]

An adverb is a word that describes or modifies a verb, an adjective, or another adverb, telling us how, when, where, or to what extent something happens. Many adverbs end in -ly, but not all do (e.g., quickly, very, yesterday, here, often). For example, in the sentence “She sang beautifully,” the word beautifully is an […]

Adjectives are those words that are used to describe or modify nouns or pronouns. An adjective can specify your writing by giving more information and more meaning to nouns or pronouns. Learn about Adjectives Some common examples of adjectives are listed below: 1. The red dress. 2. The beautiful dress. 3. The ugly dress. 4. […]