Transcript Grammar Lesson - Vocab10-3CHS

By:
Chris Arnold
Alejandro Sánchez
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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.
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Some types of nouns include:
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Proper Nouns
Common Nouns
Collective Nouns
Concrete Nouns
Abstract Nouns
Pronouns
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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
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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.
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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,
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Concrete nouns are nouns that can be
touched, smelled, seen, felt, or tasted.
Examples: Betty Steak, table, dog, Maria, salt,
and wool
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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.
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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
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The next examples of nouns are
considered to be sophisticated and we
should all learn their valuable meanings.
An Annotation a crucial or explanatory note.
An addition to information on a book, video,
document, etc.
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The annotation on Arthur Miller’s The
Crucible explained why two dogs died for no
apparent reason.
(ăn’ō-tā’shen)
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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)
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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’
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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
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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.
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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
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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
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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’
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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
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Crude, indecent, an offensive or obscene act
or expression.
The vulgarity of his language got him
suspended for a week.
Vŭl-’ga-re-tē/
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Now that we have learned what is a noun, the
types of nouns, and some fancy and
sophisticated nouns lets review.
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On a piece of paper, write all the different
types of nouns.
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After writing all the types of nouns, define
what they are and give examples.
Write the correct word on a piece of paper. (be sure to
number them CORRECTLY)
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the person whose name is the source of the
word.
Crude or indecent
A nonstandard dialect
a explanatory note
a particular manner of speaking
A humorous confusion of words.
a name or title
a new word
knowing several languages
the study of language.