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Abstract and Concrete Nouns

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Definition

Are words that name things that are not concrete. Your five physical senses cannot detect an abstract noun – you can't see it, smell it, taste it, hear it, or touch it. In essence, an abstract noun is a quality, a concept, an idea, or maybe even an event

Example

include: love, hate, bigotry, acceptance, tyranny, democracy, freedom, power, happiness, curiosity

Lyrics

Today, we’re learning about abstract and concrete nouns

See abstract is like a noun that you can’t see or touch or use any

of your senses but it’s still a noun

You feel me? Let me break it down

Privacy=abstract

Bravery=abstract

Honesty=abstract

Humility=abstract

What about a couch? Concrete

Can I see a house? Concrete

Can I touch a mouse? Concrete

What about a blouse? Concrete

Abstract and concrete

If you can see it, it’s concrete

If you can touch it, it’s concrete

But if not, what’s that?

But if not, abstract

Abstract and concrete

If you can see it, it’s concrete

If you can touch it, it’s concrete

But if not, what’s that?

But if not, abstract

Abstract, tell me what’s that

That noun that you can’t touch or see

Like kindness, patience, loyalty

The thing in person, person place or thing

Can’t see envy, what’s that?

Can’t touch fear, what’s that?

Can’t touch the scene at abstract

It’s concrete and that’s facts

Abstract and concrete

If you can see it, it’s concrete

If you can touch it, it’s concrete

But if not, what’s that?

But if not, abstract

Abstract and concrete

If you can see it, it’s concrete

If you can touch it, it’s concrete

But if not, what’s that?

But if not, abstract

Standards

CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.L.3.1.C — Use abstract nouns (e.g., childhood).