text: does anyone have a copy of the poem, the eight parts of speech, it is taught in elementary school?   three little words you often see are articles: a, an, and the.  a noun's the name of anything, as: school or garden, toy, or swing.  adjectives tell the kind of noun, as: great, small, pretty, white, or brown.  verbs tell of something being done: to read, write, count, sing, jump, or run.  how things are done the adverbs tell, as: slowly, quickly, badly, well.  conjunctions join the words together, as: men and women, wind or weather.  the preposition stands before a noun as: in or through a door.  the interjection shows surprise as: oh, how pretty! ah! how wise!  the whole are called the parts of speech, which reading, writing, speaking teach.