Essays Tagged: "Noun"
Christianity
A religious person who believes in Jesus Christ and is a member of a Christian denomination is the noun definition of a Christian. In the adjective form of the word, a Christian follows the teachings ... h a strict religion and a lenient religion by the world. The point is that many people fit into the noun definition of a Christian. A great deal of people believe in God and attend a Christian church. ...
Subjects: Humanities Essays > Religion & Faith > Christianity
Racsism
oning andinflexible generalizations toward a specific group. The word prejudicecomes from the Latin noun praejudicium, which means a judgment based onprevious decisions formed before the facts were kn ...
Subjects: Law & Government Essays > Civil Rights > Black Awareness & Racism
All about Pneumonia
PneumoniaDictionary definition:Pneu*mo*niaNoun: A disease of the lungs characterized by inflammation and consolidation followed by resolution ... flammation and consolidation followed by resolution and caused by infection or irritants.Pneu*mo*niaNoun: An acute or chronic diseaseMarked by inflammation of the lungs and caused by viruses, bacteria ...
Subjects: Humanities Essays > Health & Medicine
F. Scott Fitzgerald uses the archetypical technique many times in "Winter Dreams."
What is an archetype? An archetype is a noun or an adjective, an author includes in a literary work, which represents something else. For ex ...
Subjects: Literature Research Papers > North American
In what ways is Athenian democracy similar to American democracy?
dent during the Vietnam War was called a democracy.The word democracy comes from two Greek words: a noun, demos which means ''people'' and a verb, kratein, which means ''to rule,'' Its basic meaning i ...
Subjects: History Term Papers > World History
The Meaning of Work.
The word work can be examined from the perspective of a verb or a noun. In my opinion, the word work in the form of a verb is more important in our society. It has se ...
Subjects: Social Science Essays
This is french revision notes for GCSE standerd students on french grammer Ie pronoun preposition conjunction etc.
French revisionThe girl quickly makes a delicious cake in the Kitchen.The = definate articleGirl= noun (subject)Quickly= adverbMakes= verbA = indefinate articleDelicious =adjectiveCake = noun (direc ... ticleDelicious =adjectiveCake = noun (direct object)In = prepositionThe = definate articleKitchen = noun-The definate article is the grammatical name given to the word 'the'.The indefinate article is ...
Subjects: Humanities Essays > Language Studies > Grammar
Detailed notes on Gerunds.
GERUNDSMany people say that gerunds are ing verbs used as nouns. While that may be offensive to some, in fact, the statement is quite true: They are verbs; th ... n fact, the statement is quite true: They are verbs; they always end in ing; but they are used as a noun. Because they are nouns, they can be subjects, direct objects, indirect objects, objects of the ... irect objectPreposition + ing gerund = object of the prepositionSince GERUNDS are ing verbs used as nouns, they maintain their verb-like qualities which means that a gerund can also take a direct obje ...
Subjects: Humanities Essays > Language Studies > Grammar
Detailed notes on Infinitives.
ven Passive Perfect: to have been drivenInfinitives become difficult because they can function as a noun, an adverb, or an adjective. It is up to you to determine which one. Infinitives are similar to ... the infinitive and you have looked to see if the infinitive has a direct object, always look at the noun or pronoun to the left of the infinitive. If that noun or pronoun could do the action of the in ...
Subjects: Humanities Essays > Language Studies > Grammar
3 Shape Poems with paragraphs explaining them.
ll,Cannot fall,Man.This poem is short, but somewhat of a diamond/haiku form to it. It begins with a noun that cannot be identified, but the rest of the poem explains who 'he' is. The poem is defined i ...
Subjects: Literature Research Papers > European Literature > Poetry
The Definition of Art
being artful6 : Decorative or illustrative elements in printed matterMain Entry: art formFunction: noun1 : A recognized form (as a symphony) or medium (as sculpture) of artistic expression2 : An unco ...
Subjects: Art Essays
The democracy of athens
nt of Democracy in AthensDevelopment of Democracy in Athens Democracy comes from two Greek words: a noun demos which means, "people" and a verb, kratein, which means "to rule" (Ober 120). Democracy fi ...
Subjects: History Term Papers > European History
A Semiotic Approach to the Short Story "Glass" by Shena MacKAY
r to a mirror, a drinking container or a window pane. "Glass" has no determiner; it could be both a noun or an adjective. We could say that the title is intended to be misleading in order to incite th ... iamonds had been swept into the call box where an eviscerated telephone dangled." The possessive pronoun "her" refers to the protagonist, we don't know yet her name. Again, this is intended by the aut ...
Subjects: Literature Research Papers > European Literature > Authors
Study Guide and Terms
ments of sentences can be explainedNoam Chomsky - the theory of transformation grammar was developedNoun - the head of the construction "NP -"" Art Adj N"Allomorphys- two form of the same morpheme whi ...
Subjects: Humanities Essays > Linguistics
Karl Marx's theory of alienation
quisite to understanding Marx's essay. Alien stems from the Latin adjective (sometimes used as a pronoun) alienus, aliena, alienum, denoting that the noun being modified by alienus, a, um, belongs 'of ...
Subjects: Social Science Essays > Economics
The Pantheon
ary published. Most assign it the definition of temple dedicated to all the gods. Merriam-Webster's noun is trivial when compared to Hadrian's magnificent structure. The Pantheon, known to the locals ...
Subjects: Art Essays > Design Arts
Celebration of Multiculturalism
ing and inflexible generalizations toward a specific group. The word prejudice comes from the Latin noun praejudicium, which means a judgment based on previous decisions formed before the facts were k ...
Subjects: Humanities Essays
Vague Pronoun reference
A vague pronoun reference is not as complicated as the words sound. What happens when you have a vague pronoun ... not as complicated as the words sound. What happens when you have a vague pronoun reference is the noun of representation is not clear.The government should not be permitted to regulate gay or lesbia ... marriage because it is discrimination.The above sentence does not correctly identify exactly which noun is being represented.Government is a noun, but marriage can also be a noun. Below is the correc ...
Subjects: Social Science Essays > Education
The Sun Also Rises: The Indefinite Pronoun "It"
In the novel The Sun Also Rises, Ernest Hemingway uses the indefinite pronoun "it" to express the idea that simple, insignificant words can show a surreptitious meaning that ... e novel the word "it" is used constantly; Hemingway uses this word sometimes to bridge a verb and a noun to form a sentence, or he uses the word "it" to describe a special, clandestine idea that can o ... which create simplistic scenarios based on simplistic characters. Hemingway uses the indefinite pronoun "it"to express the idea that simple, insignificant words can show a secret meaning that the rea ...
Subjects: Literature Research Papers > North American > Authors > Ernest Hemingway
Connections between Lewis Lapham's essay, "Who and What is America?" and Christopher Edley, Jr.'s essay "The New American Dilemma: Racial Profiling Post-9/11"
" raises the subject that all Americans share a "unified field of emotion" and how we disguise "the noun" American. This unified field of emotion is what connects all of the citizens' communities toge ... ' views and what we see ourselves as. Not all Americans can consider identifying themselves as "the noun" American. The media and the politicians try to categorize Americans and split us into groups t ...
Subjects: Literature Research Papers > North American