Grammar Lesson 24 Vocabulary: Latin root lev- means to lighten or raise Alleviate- to relieve, diminish, or lighten Levity- frivolity, giddiness, and lack of appropriate seriousness

The Limiting Adjectives Help to define or “limit” a noun or pronoun They tell “which one”, “what kind”, “how many”, or “whose” Six categories: articles, demonstrative, numbers, possessive, indefinites

Articles The most commonly used adjectives A, an, the We use a before words beginning with a consonant sound We use an before words beginning with a vowel sound

Demonstrative Answers the question “which one?” This, that, those, these

Numbers Answers the question “how many?” Two Senators Seven articles

Possessive Adjectives Both pronouns and nouns commonly function as adjectives They answer the question “whose?” Pronouns- his, their, her, its, your, my Nouns- Hamilton’s, Washington’s

Indefinites Answers the question “how many?” Some, few, several, any, no, many

Diagramming adjectives We diagram adjectives by placing them on a slanted line beneath the noun or pronoun they describe, modify, or “limit” Example: America’s (possessive adjective) first (limiting adjective) President united the (article) many (indefinite adjective) senators.

Grammar Lesson 25 Vocabulary: Amendment- the act of changing by correction, deletion, or addition; a Constitutional amendment is a change made after the Constitution was ratified Suffrage- the right to vote

Capitalization: Areas, Religions, Greetings/No Capital Letter Areas of the country- we capitalize North, South, East, West, Midwest, Northeast, when they refer to certain areas of the country (we do not capitalize them when they indicate a direction) Religions, Deity, Bible- we capitalize religions, denominations, the Bible and its parts, and the Deity

Greeting and closing of a letter We capitalize the first words in the greeting and closing of a letter Example: Dear Alexander, You’re great! Sincerely, Bob

No capital letter Animals, plants, diseases, foods, trees, musical instruments, and non- trademarked games are not capitalized unless a proper adjective appears with them Examples: beagle/German shepherd willow tree/ Australian willow card game/ Monopoly

Seasons of the Year/ Hyphenated words Seasons- we do not capitalize seasons of the year- fall, winter, spring, summer Hyphenated words- we treat hyphenated words as if it were a single word, if it is a proper noun or the first word of a sentence, we capitalize only the first word, and not all parts of the hyphenated word Example: In mid-October we enjoy the fall colors. Fifty-six years ago, Izzy left home.