PARTS OF SPEECH NOUNS · Common Nouns: name a class of people, places, things, or ideas. EX: Rope, forest, seattle, canada, Washington · Proper Nouns: give the name or title of a particular person, place, thing, or idea (must be capitalized). EX: Ted Bundy, The Zodiac Killer, Jeffery Dahmer, Aileen Wurnos, Jack the RIpper. · Compound Nouns: consist of words used together to form a single noun. EX: hallway, cheeseburger, deathrow. · Concrete Nouns: refer to material things, to people, or to places. EX: car, basement, forest. · Abstract Nouns: name ideas, qualities, concepts, emotions, or attitudes. EX: charm, intelligence, anger. Functions (How nouns are used): Write one sentence for each function. · Subject (comes before the verb) Ted Bundy lured his victims with his charm and looks. · Direct Object (comes after the verb and answers what or whom) Before killing someone, serial killers will often torcher victims. · Indirect Object (answers to who or to whom) After requesting a full course meal for his final supper, Lawrence Russell Brewer did not eat a single bite.
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