Review of Nouns: The Process Paragraph

Nouns go far beyond naming people, places, and things as you were taught in elementary school. Nouns can be tangible, intangible, singular, plural, common, proper, count, or noncount. Yet for all their complexity, nouns are deceptively simple to categorize. Tangible, or concrete, nouns are any nouns you can see or touch. Intangible, or abstract, nouns are things you know are there but that you cannot see or touch, such as an idea, frustration, courage, and justice. Common nouns, such as park, man, and grandma, are general and are not capitalized. Proper nouns, such as FreedomHillPark, Pastor Burke, and Grandma Ellis, are specific and are capitalized. Singular nouns tell about one, while plural nouns tell about more than one.

Recognizing correct noun and preposition usage within your writing will help you write more effectively when composing your process paragraph.

This resource provides instruction for users to:

• Write a grammatically correct process paragraph
• List the guidelines for writing a process paragraph
• Differentiate between common and proper nouns
• Discriminate between correct and incorrect use of nouns and capitalization in writing samples