Grammar is a way of thinking about language. WHAT IS GRAMMAR? Grammar is a way of thinking about language.
There are 4 levels of traditional grammar: Parts of Speech Parts of Sentence Phrases Clauses
Parts of Speech The eight kinds of words in English Nouns Pronouns Verbs Adjectives Adverbs Conjunctions Prepositions Interjections
How Many Nouns Do You See? tree Sam I dream freedom truth happiness night poem Daniel ear gaggle desk number sadness bed flock Romeo bird run drink nine teacher life
NOUN: The name of a person, place, thing, or idea. Proper nouns name a particular person, place, thing, or idea and are capitalized. Common nouns are not capitalized. Concrete nouns are names of objects (objects you can see, touch, taste, and smell) Abstract nouns are names of ideas, feelings, qualities, or characteristics. (examples: freedom, truth) Collective noun: a noun that names a group; examples: a bloat of hippos, a quiver of cobras, a parliament of owls, a nuisance of housecats, a murder of crows, a rabble of butterflies, a charm of hummingbirds
More Nouns… Nouns are singular (sing.) if they describe individual things or plural (pl.) if they describe multiple things. Examples: boat/boats, flock/flocks, etc. When we address someone directly, the person’s name or title is called the noun of direct address. Example: “Friends, Romans, countrymen, lend me your ears.”
FOUR LEVEL ANALYSIS John Silver, long you’ve been a mate of mine. Parts of Speech____________________________________________ Parts of Speech___n._________________________n._____________