1. Take Cornell Notes on the following slides
Nouns
Take Cornell Notes on the following slides

2. What is a noun?
A noun is a word that names a person, a place, a thing, or an idea
Examples
Person – actor, President Obama
Place- state, Arizona
Thing – bird, Baltimore oriole
Idea – holiday, Veterans Day

3. Singular and Plural Nouns
A singular noun names one person, place, thing or idea.
A plural noun names more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
Examples
Many families have a picnic on the Fourth of July.
Families is a plural noun.
Picnic is a singular noun.

4. Common and Proper Nouns
A proper noun names a specific person, place, thing, or idea
Examples
President Obama - a specific person
Arizona - a specific place
Baltimore Oriole - a specific thing
Veterans Day – a specific idea
A common noun is any noun that does not name a specific person, place, thing, or idea
actor
state
bird
holiday

5. Concrete and Abstract Nouns
Nouns can be concrete or abstract.
A concrete noun names a thing that can be touched or seen.
An abstract noun names something that you think about but cannot see or touch.
Concrete
clown
card
school
heart
Abstract
happiness
February
education
love

6. Specific Nouns
Specific nouns help writers create clear images or word pictures for their readers. When a writer uses specific nouns, the reader gets clear picture of people, places, things and ideas.
General
sandwich
animal
pants
emotion
car
Specific
hamburger
bear
blue jeans
sadness
convertible

7. Collective Nouns
Collective nouns names a collection or group of persons, animals, or things
persons
class
family
audience
committee
team
animals
herd
flock
pack
school
pod

8. Compound Noun A compound noun is made up of two or more words Examples
football (written as one word)
high school (written as two words)
brother-in-law (three words hyphenated)

9. Nouns can take on different roles in a sentence
Roles of Nouns in Sentences
Nouns can take on different roles in a sentence
Subject Noun- A noun that is the subject of a sentence. The noun does something or is talked about in the sentence.
Example
The roots of rap cam be traced back to West Africa and Jamaica.
Object Noun – a noun that is used as the direct object, the indirect object, or the object of a preposition.
Some rappers tell people their story about life in the city.
(indirect object: people; direct object: story)

10. Roles of Nouns in Sentences
Possessive Noun- A possessive noun shows ownership
Early rap had a drummer’s beat.
The rapper’s words are set to music.
Predicate Noun – A noun that follows a form of the verb be (am, is, are, was, were, being, been) and renames the subject
In the 1970s, rap was a street art.
Mr. Smith is a doctor.