1. Grammar is a way of thinking about language.
WHAT IS GRAMMAR?
Grammar is a way of thinking about language.

2. There are 4 levels of traditional grammar:
Parts of Speech
Parts of Sentence
Phrases
Clauses

3. Parts of Speech The eight kinds of words in English Nouns Pronouns
Verbs
Adjectives
Adverbs
Conjunctions
Prepositions
Interjections

4. 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

5. 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

6. 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.”

7. FOUR LEVEL ANALYSIS John Silver, long you’ve been a mate of mine.
Parts of Speech____________________________________________
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