Abstract Nouns

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What is the definition of Abstract Nouns?

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Abstract nouns are nouns that refer to intangible concepts, ideas, qualities, or conditions that cannot be perceived with the five senses. Examples include love, freedom, and happiness.

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What is active voice

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A grammatical structure where the subject of a sentence performs the action of the verb e.g. Sally drives the car.

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Attributive adjective

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An adjective that comes before a noun e.g. The red car.

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Audience

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For whom the text is ideally written. Should be more specific than "women" and should consider things like age, occupation, and social class. Audiences can be general or specific.

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Clause

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A unit of meaning containing a subject and a verb e.g. it rains

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Colloquialism

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An informal or slang word/saying.

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Concrete nouns

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These can be experienced with the five senses (taste, touch, sound, hearing, smell)

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Conditional clause

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A clause that begins with "if" or "whether"

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Connotation

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The subtextual (associated) meaning of a word e.g. shout has a different connotation than scream

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Context

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When/where/subject of text