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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.
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A word used to name a person, place, thing, or idea
NOUN A word used to name a person, place, thing, or idea
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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
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Collective Noun = Names one thing that has many parts or members
faculty family herd team band jury
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Common / Proper Nouns = Common—names any one of a group of persons, places, or things Examples—poem, day, city, street
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Common / Proper Nouns = Proper—name a specific or particular person, place, or things Examples—“The Raven”, Friday, Booneville, Martin Luther King Drive
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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
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Abstract Noun = Names a feeling, quality, idea, characteristic, or emotion that is experienced in your mind Examples = love, joy, freedom, peace, knowledge, pride, faith
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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
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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
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Tell whether each noun is concrete or abstract.
Philadelphia wisdom eagle First Continental Congress freedom concrete abstract
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Tell whether each noun is concrete or abstract.
Thomas Jefferson Declaration of Independence Potomac River law happiness concrete abstract
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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
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Identify any collective or compound nouns.
The cast felt great self-respect when the audience cheered on and on. self-respect cast audience
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