PPT-Nouns and noun phrases for description in narrative fiction

f ire a flash of fire the irresistible course of the fire a brief foliage of fire f lames small flames the heart of flame s moke acres of black and yellow smoke the dark canopy of leaves and smoke. Nouns. &. Verbs. NOUNS. Noun. What are nouns?. A noun is a word that names a person, place, thing, or idea.. Freddy crashed through the window.. The dog is barking at Fluffy the cat.. They watched television for an hour.. Phrases. A group of related words that lacks either a subject or a predicate or both. fearing an accident. at the lake’s edge. Categories of Phrases. I. Prepositional Phrases. A. Adjectival. B. Adverbial. Eng II. Noun phrases are…. any head noun and the articles and adjectives that modify that noun.. Head nouns are the main nouns of phrases. (Sometimes it is easiest to find each of the head nouns to find each noun phrase.). Terminology. Copy these terms into your notes and make sure I cover them all. . . . noun. phrase. noun phrase. headword. determiner. article. Definitions of . Noun. Based on meaning: . person, place, thing, animal, idea. Adjective. : a . word. . that. . modifies. a . noun. There. . are. . many. . forms. . that. do . the. . work. of . adjectives. : . a . variety. of . words. , . phrases. . and. . clauses. Nouns. Nouns are naming words.. A noun names something.. Most nouns fall into four main groups:. People. Places. Things. Ideas. Examples. People. Places. Things. Ideas . Veterinarian. Lake Mead. Bumblebee. Essential Questions. . I . can identify them.. I can use them.. How is being able to identify and use different types of nouns going to aid my . writing this year?. WHAT ARE NOUNS?. . Nouns are naming words.. Nouns. My friend, Jim, likes to explore our city.. friend (common). Jim (proper). city (common). Nouns. Last week, Jim visited the Natural History Museum.. week (common). Jim (proper). Natural History Museum (proper). A common noun is a . general. person, place, or thing.. A proper noun refers to a . particular. person, place, or . thing and is usually capitalized.. lizard. Godzilla. The Giggly Guide to Grammar . Chapter 2 Nouns, Pronouns, and Adjectives A noun is a word or word group that is used to name a person, place, thing, or an idea. Person—George Washington, teacher, chef Place—Grand Canyon, city, kitchen Fiction and Non-Fiction. Genres of literature are divided into (2) categories. Non-Fictions are informational texts dealing with real-life subjects. Real or Actual. Fictions are narrative literary works produced by the imagination. Common noun. Is the name of a general type of person, place, thing, event or idea.. Most of the nouns we use are common nouns.. These nouns begin with a lower case letter.. Examples:. mountain. h. oliday. Proper and Common Nouns. Proper Nouns name a specific person, place or thing and are capitalized.. Common Nouns name any person, place, or thing and are NOT capitalized.. Proper Nouns. Common Nouns. 1. A noun phrase includes a . noun. —a person, place, or thing—and the . modifiers.  which distinguish it. .. You can find the noun . dog.  in a sentence, for example, but you don't know which canine the writer means until you consider the entire noun phrase: .