How Nouns Can Enhance Writing
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How can I use specific nouns to enhance my writing? This presentation discusses use of specific nouns for word choice and capitalization of proper nouns.
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How Nouns Can Enhance Writing
- 1. How can nouns enhance my writing?
- 2. What is a noun? As you probably know, a noun is a person, place, thing, or idea
- 3. Using nouns We use nouns all the time in our writing
- 4. Using nouns Can you find the nouns in the sentence? The surface of the pond shimmered in the sunlight.
- 5. Using nouns Can you find the nouns in the sentence? The surface of the pond shimmered in the sunlight.
- 6. Try this one The boy watched the creek from the bridge.
- 7. Try this one The boy watched the creek from the bridge.
- 8. Using nouns When we write with specific, interesting nouns, we can help our readers to build pictures in their minds
- 9. Using nouns Tom paddled the thing at the place. Why is this sentence not very specific?
- 10. Using nouns Tom paddled the thing at the place. The nouns aren’t very clear! How could we use stronger, more interesting nouns?
- 11. Using nouns Tom paddled the kayak at the marsh. The nouns aren’t very clear! How could we use stronger, more interesting nouns?
- 12. Be specific Use some specific nouns to describe the picture.
- 13. Try this one!
- 14. Proper Nouns When we want to be even more specific, we can use proper nouns. These are nouns that name a specific person, place, or thing. The boy is in the bus at the orchard. No proper nouns
- 15. Proper Nouns When we want to be super specific, we can use proper nouns. These are nouns that name a specific person, place, or thing. Brent is in the bus at Hollabaugh’s Orchard. With proper nouns
- 16. Proper Nouns When we want to be super specific, we can use proper nouns. These are nouns that name a specific person, place, or thing. Brent is in the bus at Hollabaugh’s Orchard. Notice that proper nouns are capitalized
- 17. Proper Nouns What proper nouns should be capitalized in this sentence? mark looked at the water at laurel lake.
- 18. Proper Nouns What proper nouns should be capitalized in this sentence? Mark looked at the water at Laurel Lake.
- 19. Proper Nouns What proper nouns should be capitalized in this sentence? Mark looked at the water at Laurel Lake. Notice that both Laurel and Lake get capital letters!
- 20. Proper Nouns What proper nouns should be capitalized in this sentence? sanderville fourth graders visit waterside park.
- 21. Proper Nouns What proper nouns should be capitalized in this sentence? sanderville fourth graders visit waterside park.
- 22. Proper Nouns What proper nouns should be capitalized in this sentence? Sanderville fourth graders visit Waterside Park.
- 23. Try writing Try writing a sentence about this! It’s a candy house made of Hershey bars at Chocolate World.
- 24. Try writing Try writing about this. It is a store in Williamsburg, Virginia.
- 25. What have you learned? What have you learned about nouns? How can specific nouns enhance your writing?