Excerpts from Elements of Writing, Pupil's Edition, Second Course Excerpts from Elements of Writing, Pupil's Edition, Second Course. Copyright 1998 by Holt, Rinehart and Winston. All rights reserved. Reprinted by permission of the publisher.

A word used to name a person, place, thing, or idea NOUN A word used to name a person, place, thing, or idea

Compound Noun = Two or more words that are used to make one noun seafood grandmother daydream compact disc grand piano police office self-esteem great-grandparents

Collective Noun = Names one thing that has many parts or members faculty family herd team band jury

Common / Proper Nouns = Common—names any one of a group of persons, places, or things Examples—poem, day, city, street

Common / Proper Nouns = Proper—name a specific or particular person, place, or things Examples—“The Raven”, Friday, Booneville, Martin Luther King Drive

Concrete Noun = Names a person, place, or thing that can be perceived or experienced with one of the five senses Examples—hummingbird, music, popcorn, N-Sync, ocean, star, heat, hamburger

Abstract Noun = Names a feeling, quality, idea, characteristic, or emotion that is experienced in your mind Examples = love, joy, freedom, peace, knowledge, pride, faith

Tell whether each word names a person, place, thing, or idea Tell whether each word names a person, place, thing, or idea. Note: some are not nouns student marbles satisfaction enter entrance ugly often singer person thing idea not noun place

Tell whether each word names a person, place, thing, or idea Tell whether each word names a person, place, thing, or idea. Note: some are not nouns England and under liberty roadside forgiveness file clerk sunflower place not noun idea person thing

Tell whether each noun is concrete or abstract. Philadelphia wisdom eagle First Continental Congress freedom concrete abstract

Tell whether each noun is concrete or abstract. Thomas Jefferson Declaration of Independence Potomac River law happiness concrete abstract

Identify any collective or compound nouns. My sister-in-law and her family live on a houseboat on Lake Ontario. sister-in-law Lake Ontario houseboat family

Identify any collective or compound nouns. The cast felt great self-respect when the audience cheered on and on. self-respect cast audience