Nouns and Pronouns

Here are a couple of the key ideas from this week:

-Abstract nouns are nouns you can't touch, such as ideas ("democracy," "religion") and qualities ("kindness," "honesty").  To avoid confusing quality nouns with adjectives, try using the following sentences:
I have noun. I am adjective.
-"Antecedent" is the term for the noun that the pronoun takes the place of.  For example, in the sentence "Jenny threw the ball to Tom, and he caught it," "ball" is the antecedent for "it," and "Tom" is the antecedent for "he."

We'll also discuss how concrete nouns can power good description and how changing up the pronouns (ever try writing with the second-person pronoun "you"?) can put a new twist on a piece of writing.

(Students: The answer to the secret question is "green.")