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Names a idea, feeling, quality, or characteristic. You cannot touch, taste, see, or hear them.

Abstract Nouns. Names a idea, feeling, quality, or characteristic. You cannot touch, taste, see, or hear them.

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Names a idea, feeling, quality, or characteristic. You cannot touch, taste, see, or hear them.

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  1. Abstract Nouns Names a idea, feeling, quality, or characteristic. You cannot touch, taste, see, or hear them.

  2. Abstract forms of nouns are very common and an important part of communication. In many cases these types of nouns are derived from an addition of a suffix or alteration in the root word. Child is a concrete noun, for example, but childhood is an intangible state, so it is abstract. Nouns with the following suffixes are often abstract: • -tion -ism -ity • -ment -ness -age • -ance/-ence -ship • -ability -acy

  3. Examples of: IDEAS • Peace Faith Trust • Time Belief Wealth • Quality Poverty Reality • Romance Education Justice • Liberty Knowledge Thought

  4. Feeling • Envy Sadness Hatred • Admiration Love Joy • Adoration Anger Anxiety • Compassion Happiness Pride • Apprehension Melancholy • Peace Sympathy

  5. Quality- discusses the condition of a man • Bravery Brutality Honesty • Humility Poverty Stupidity • Bravery Loyalty Integrity • Compassion Charity Success • Courage Deceit Skill • Beauty Brilliance Pain • Misery

  6. Characteristic • Beauty Stupid Honesty • Skillful Happy Sorrowful • Courageous Loyal

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