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17 Cards in this Set
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Noun |
A person, place, thing, or idea |
Paul, Chicago, Wall |
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Common noun |
A general person, place, thing, or idea |
uncle, library, dog, philosophy |
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Proper noun |
A specific person, place, thing, or idea |
Uncle Wayne, New York Public Library, Rover, Machiavellianism |
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Compound noun |
Formed by combining two or more other words |
Paintbrush, dining room, president-elect |
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Collective noun |
Names a group. (When a collective noun is used in a group, it can be either singular or plural in meaning.) |
Jury, orchestra, class |
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Concrete noun |
Things that can be perceived with the senses |
Statue, mouse, milk, teenager |
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Abstract noun |
Concepts that are perceived with the mind |
Joy, surrealism, fidelity, anger |
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Pronoun |
Substitutes for a noun and it's modifiers |
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Antecedent |
Noun or other pronoun that the pronoun replaces |
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Personal pronouns |
Person, number, gender, and case |
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Interrogative pronouns |
Ask questions |
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Demonstrative pronouns |
Point out persons, places, things, or ideas |
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Indefinite pronouns |
Do not refer to specific persons or things |
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Reflexive pronouns |
Used as objects and refer to the same person or thing as the subject of the sentence |
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Intensive pronouns |
Emphasize a noun already used in the sentence |
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Relative pronouns |
Have a noun function in a dependant clause and at the same time relate that clause to the rest of the sentence |
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Reciprocal pronouns |
Express a mutual or common relationship among persons mentioned in the subject of the sentence |
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