Nouns

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Noun - a definition

• A noun is a word that names a person, place thing, or abstraction.– Abstractions may include emotions,

ideas, qualities, notions, wishes, passions, attributes, and other things you might grasp but can’t quite put your finger on.

– (from The Deluxe Transitive Vampire by Karen Elizabeth Gordon)

Person

• Ballerina• Girl• Boy• Mozart• Shelley• Glutton• Dissident

Place

• Alabama• Mars• School• MACCRAY High School• Library

Thing

• Pocket• Toothpick• Stalactite• Steak• Bubble• Scum• Ribbon

Abstraction

• Fashion• Pride• Horror• History• Solitude• Happiness• Love

Compound Nouns

• More than one noun combined to form one word– Examples:

• Razzle-dazzle• Bedroom• Shadowboxing• She-wolf• Guardian angel

Classifications

• Common– Name of one or more members of a

large class of things• Examples:

– Rabbit– Door– Movie– Girl– Storm– trinket

Classifications cont.

• Proper– Name a specific person, place thing…

• Examples:– Gertrude Stein– Egypt– Transylvania– Mother Goose– MACCRAY High School– Second Street

Collective

• Give names to groups of things or people– Examples

• Squad• Flock• Club• Caboodle• Troupe• Galaxy

Concrete

• Name an object that is perceivable by the senses– Examples

• Fortune cookie• Glove• Phone• Rose• Knee• Moon

Abstract

• Name a quality or idea– Examples

• Havoc• Dismay• Time• Shame• Fatigue• Mood• Apathy

Important Note!

• Collective, concrete and abstract nouns are subclasses of common nouns…however they can also be proper nouns…– Cubism– The Beatles– Trump Tower

Number

• Number indicates whether a noun is singular or plural

– Singular refers to one person, place, thing idea

• Examples– Employee– Store– Child– truth

Number cont.

• Plural noun refers to more than one person, place thing or idea– Examples

• Employees• Stores• Children• Truths

References

• The Deluxe Transitive Vampire by Karen Elizabeth Gordon

• School to Work: A Student Handbook (Writer’s Inc.)