Bird-Brain: A compliment, really.

1. Speaking gives humans a means for communication.
2. Alex, the most famous African Grey in America, proved the truth about avian thinking.
3. Processing his environment provided him fodder for chatting with his human.
4. My birds could achieve the same, with 30 years of training.

 

This bird is rather smarter than most three-year olds I know! *giggle*



Here's a clip of Alex's "research colleague" upon his death.
 

I have not put as much time in as Dr. Pepperburg. 
 
Parts of Speech & Grammar
This is how you find the subject of a sentence.
This is how you find the verb.
This is how you find the direct object.
This is what a predicate nominative is.
This is what an implied subject is.
This is the adjective scale of intensity. 
This is an appositive. 
These are prepositional phrases 
This is the passive voice. Fix it, it's all Rule of Five now.
This is a gerund, which is a verbal.

Punctuation
Here is where you find the seven rules for commas. Scroll to the bottom of the page for the links.

Literary Terms
This is the definition of irony
This is the definition of 'schools of criticism.'
This is the definition of satire
This is the definition of plot structure.
This is the definition of symbolism