diff --git a/app/controllers/dictionary_controller.rb b/app/controllers/dictionary_controller.rb
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..1c164c5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/app/controllers/dictionary_controller.rb
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+class DictionaryController < ApplicationController
+  def index
+    @parts_of_speech = PartOfSpeech.all
+  end
+end
diff --git a/app/helpers/dictionary_helper.rb b/app/helpers/dictionary_helper.rb
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..e147a98
--- /dev/null
+++ b/app/helpers/dictionary_helper.rb
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+module DictionaryHelper
+end
diff --git a/app/models/part_of_speech.rb b/app/models/part_of_speech.rb
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..a06a03d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/app/models/part_of_speech.rb
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+class PartOfSpeech < ApplicationRecord
+end
diff --git a/app/views/dictionary/index.html.erb b/app/views/dictionary/index.html.erb
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..0b6bae0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/app/views/dictionary/index.html.erb
@@ -0,0 +1,17 @@
+<h1>Dictionary#index</h1>
+<p>Find me in app/views/dictionary/index.html.erb</p>
+
+<p><%= @parts_of_speech.count %> parts of speech entries in database</p>
+<h1>Parts of Speech</h1>
+<table>
+  <tr>
+    <td><b>Part of Speech</b></td>
+    <td><b>Definition</b></td>
+  </tr>
+<% @parts_of_speech.each do |item| %>
+  <tr>
+    <td><%= item.pos %></td>
+    <td><%= item.definition %></td>
+  </tr>
+<% end %>
+</table>
diff --git a/config/routes.rb b/config/routes.rb
index a125ef0..e64210b 100644
--- a/config/routes.rb
+++ b/config/routes.rb
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 Rails.application.routes.draw do
+  get 'dictionary/index'
   # Define your application routes per the DSL in https://guides.rubyonrails.org/routing.html
 
   # Reveal health status on /up that returns 200 if the app boots with no exceptions, otherwise 500.
@@ -7,4 +8,5 @@ Rails.application.routes.draw do
 
   # Defines the root path route ("/")
   # root "posts#index"
+  root action: :index, controller: :dictionary
 end