1. By: Chris Arnold Alejandro Sánchez

2.  A noun is a word for a person, place or thing.  A simple example of a noun would be: car, house, Chris, Mr. Anderson, Mt. Rushmore and Puerto Rico.  More sophisticated nouns would be Annotation, appellation, eponym, linguistics, malapropism, neologism, parlance, patois, polyglot, vulgarity.

3.  Some types of nouns include: ◦ Proper Nouns ◦ Common Nouns ◦ Collective Nouns ◦ Concrete Nouns ◦ Abstract Nouns ◦ Pronouns

4.  These are nouns that refer to specific entities.  In other words they refer to names of any noun.  Examples: Nebraska, Steve, Harvard, or White House

5.  Common nouns refer to general, unspecific categories of entities.  In other words they are nouns that do not refer to any person place or thing in specific. Example: State, Car, House, dog, and fan.

6.  Collective nouns are nouns that refer to a group of something in a specific manner.  In other words they are the name of a group of animals, objects, or places.  Example: Herd, Bevy, colony,

7.  Concrete nouns are nouns that can be touched, smelled, seen, felt, or tasted.  Examples: Betty Steak, table, dog, Maria, salt, and wool

8.  Are theoretical concepts that use abstract nouns to refer to them.  In other words, they are concepts, ideas, philosophies, and other entities that cannot be concretely perceived.  Examples: Freedom, God, Love Power, or Hate.

9.  Pronouns are types of nouns that take the place of nouns when referring to people, places or things.  Instead of saying the name Abigail three times in a sentence, you can use the words her, she, it.  Examples: He, She, It, I, You, or They

10.  The next examples of nouns are considered to be sophisticated and we should all learn their valuable meanings.

11.  An Annotation a crucial or explanatory note. An addition to information on a book, video, document, etc.  Example: The annotation on Arthur Miller’s The Crucible explained why two dogs died for no apparent reason. (ăn’ō-tā’shen)

12.  A name, title or designation. An identifying word or group of words by which someone or something is called.  The appellation for Florida is the sunshine state because of the amount of sunlight it gets all year long.  (Ăp’e-lā’shen)

13.  A person whose name is or is thought to be the source of the name of something. A name derived from a person.  The eponym of the town Hattiesburg was in honor of the founder’s wife Hattie.  Ĕp’e-nĭm’

14.  The study of the nature, structure, and variation of language. The scientific study of a language.  Linguistics can help you find the meaning of words used in the middle ages.  Lĭng-gwĭs’tĭks

15.  Ridiculous, Misuse of a word, by confusing it with one of similar sound. The unintentional misuse of a word by confusing it with another.  Steve accidentally said the love of his life “density brought me to you” instead of destiny.  Măl’e-prŏp-ĭz’em.

16.  A new word, expression or usage. A word or expression that has appeared in more modern time.  The words download and upload did not exist before the internet.  Nē-ŏl’e-jĭz’em

17.  A particular manner of speaking. A manner of speaking that is natural to the native speaker of a language.  In medical parlance, terminal means that you are going to die of a disease.  Pär’lens

18.  A regional dialect especially an non-standard one that has no written tradition.  The patois of Puerto Ricans include speaking extremely fast and saying such words as “cangri-flow” and “pitchea”  Păt’wä’

19.  A person who speaks several languages.  An example of a Polyglot is Mr. Pluguez because he can speak English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, Latin, German, and Italian.  Pŏl’ē-glŏt

20.  Crude, indecent, an offensive or obscene act or expression.  The vulgarity of his language got him suspended for a week.  Vŭl-’ga-re-tē/

21.  Now that we have learned what is a noun, the types of nouns, and some fancy and sophisticated nouns lets review.

22.  On a piece of paper, write all the different types of nouns.

23.  After writing all the types of nouns, define what they are and give examples.

24. 1. the person whose name is the source of the word. 2. Crude or indecent 3. A nonstandard dialect 4. a explanatory note 5. a particular manner of speaking 6. A humorous confusion of words. 7. a name or title 8. a new word 9. knowing several languages 10. the study of language. Write the correct word on a piece of paper. (be sure to number them CORRECTLY)