Chapter 11: Parts of Speech
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15 terms
Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 noun | a word that names a person, place, thing or idea |
| proper noun | a specific name for a particular person, place, thing or idea. It always begins with a capital letter |
| common noun | a general name for a group of persons, places, things or ideas. It is not capitalized |
| compound nouns | nouns made up of more than one word |
| concrete noun | names a person, place, or thing that can be perceived by one or more of the senses (sight, hearing, taste, touch and smell) |
| abstract noun | names an idea, a feeling, a quality, or a characteristic |
| pronoun | a word used in place of a noun or more than one noun |
| antecedent | the word that a pronoun stands for (or refers to) |
| adjective | a word that modifies a noun or pronoun |
| modify | to describe a word or to make its meaning more definite |
| articles | the most commonly used adjectives (a, an, the) |
| indefinite articles | articles that refer to someone or something in general (a, an) |
| definite article | article that refers to someone or something in particular (the) |
| proper adjective | adjective formed from a proper noun |
| demonstratives | this, that, these and those; can be used both as adjectives and as pronouns |
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