Thursday, April 11, 2013

Abstract Nouns - April 11th



Abstract nouns are things that you cannot perceive with your five senses. I like to think of them as emotions, like happy, sad, angry, frustrated, but they aren’t all just emotions. Anything that you can perceive with your five senses is a concrete noun like puppy, cat, slide, hot, cold. For this assignment you will be creating a metaphorical definition for abstract nouns. For example, “Happiness is a warm puppy” Happiness is my abstract noun and puppy is my concrete noun. One I cannot perceive with the five senses explained by something I can perceive with the five senses.

Write your own definition of fifteen abstract nouns using a concrete example. Your concrete example must be something you can sense: taste, touch, smell, see, or hear. Your metaphorical definitions of your abstract nouns should be formatted like:

Metaphorical definition = abstract noun + is + concrete example

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