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Semester 1. Final Review Study Guide English. NOUNS. What is a noun?. A noun is a person, place, thing, or idea. Proper Noun. Names a person place thing or idea Disneyland Empire State Building. Singular vs. Plural nouns. One person, place, thing, or idea Ball Cat Girl boy.
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Semester 1 Final Review Study Guide English
What is a noun? • A noun is a person, place, thing, or idea
Proper Noun • Names a person place thing or idea • Disneyland • Empire State Building
Singular vs. Plural nouns • One person, place, thing, or idea • Ball • Cat • Girl • boy • More than one person, place, thing, or idea • Balls • Cats • Girls • boys Singular Nouns Plural nouns
Plural nouns • Add s • Add es: if word ends with, s, ss, x, sh, ch • F rule: change the f to a v add es • Y rule: ay, ey, oy, uy: add s • Consonant y: change y to an i add es • Mutated plural: child = children; tooth = teeth
Personal Pronouns • he • him • she • her • they • them • Takes the place of a noun • I • me • we • us • you • it
Personal and possessive Pronouns • My Your • His Her • Its Our • Their Mine • Yours Ours • theirs • Myself • Yourself • Herself • Himself • Itself • Ourselves • Yourselves • themselves
Five things needed: • Subject – who or what did it • Verb – what did it do • Capital letter at beginning • Correct End Mark ( . ? !) • Must make sense
Format Sentences • Subject: who or what did it • Verb: action • When: when did it happen • Where: where did it happen • How: how did it happen
Compound sentences • Two sentences combined into one joined with a comma and conjunction • Conjunctions = boyfans • But • Or • Yet • For • And • Nor • So • May also be joined with a semi-colon - ;
What is the writing process? • Pre-write – organizing your ideas • Rough draft – your first draft • Revise – changing things, cutting things out, adding things to your draft • Edit – fixing spelling, grammar and punctuation errors • Final Draft – the most perfect draft you can write
Story • Fiction • Non-fiction story • Personal Narrative • Informs • Describes • explains • Compare and Contrast • How to essays • Explanations • Cause and Effect • Sequencing • Problem Solution • Question answer Narrative Expository
Figurative language • Compares two things using like, as or was • The cat was as soft as cotton • The boy was as mad as a grizzly bear. • Compare two things but you do not use like or as. • The boy is a cheetah. • Sandy is a bouquet of flowers. simile Metaphor
Figurative language • Onomatopoeia • Words that sound like sounds • Buzz • Ring • Zip • Whoosh