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.
NOUN
A word used to name a
person, place, thing, or idea
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
Collective Noun =
 Names
one
thing that
has many
parts or
members

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
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

faculty
family
herd
team
band
jury
Common / Proper Nouns =
 Common—names
any one
of a group of persons,
places, or things
– Examples—poem, day, city, street
Common / Proper Nouns =
 Proper—name
a specific or
particular person, place, or
things
– Examples—“The Raven”, Friday,
Booneville, Martin Luther King Drive
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
Abstract Noun =
 Names
a feeling, quality,
idea, characteristic, or
emotion that is
experienced in your mind
– Examples = love, joy, freedom, peace,
knowledge, pride, faith
Tell whether each word names a person,
place, thing, or idea.
Note: some are not nouns
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
student
marbles
satisfaction
enter
entrance
ugly
often
singer








person
thing
idea
not noun
place
not noun
not noun
person
Tell whether each word names a person,
place, thing, or idea.
Note: some are not nouns
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
England
and
under
liberty
roadside
forgiveness
file clerk
sunflower
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






place
not noun
not noun
idea
place
idea
person
thing
Tell whether each noun is
concrete or abstract.
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


Philadelphia
wisdom
eagle
First
Continental
Congress
freedom

concrete
abstract
concrete
concrete

abstract



Tell whether each noun is
concrete or abstract.
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



Thomas
Jefferson
Declaration of
Independence
Potomac River
law
happiness

concrete

concrete

concrete
abstract
abstract


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
Identify any collective or
compound nouns.
The cast felt great self-respect when
the audience cheered on and on.
self-respect
audience
cast