Autism on Demand

What are nouns? Nouns are things that exist in the world. There are four different types of nouns. In this tutorial, we will be going through all of them. Different types of nouns. Common Nouns. Common nouns are the names of objects that e xist in the world.  Common nouns are the most commonly occurring type of noun in regular use. Examples of common nouns: tree, rock, cat, man, king, diamond Example sentence: "The cat sat on the chair ." In this example, both cat and chair are common nouns because they are common things that exist in the world. Example sentence: "The troll ate the goblin ." Even though there are nontrolls or goblins in the real world the words troll and goblin are still common nouns. They are common nouns because they still perform the function of a common noun in this sentence. They are objects that exist in the world (even if that world is fictional). Proper Nouns. Proper nouns are names. They can be names of places people or organizations. Prop...

What are Parts of Speech? Each word in the English language can be grouped into one of ten categories based on what meaning they have in a sentence. These categories are called the parts of speech. Although the parts of speech also have sub-categories, we will only focus on the main function of each of the parts of speech for this tutorial. The different parts of speech. Nouns. Nouns are things that exist in the world. They can be physical things like a chair or abstract things like justice. Nouns could also be the names of people.  Examples of nouns are: chair, window door, clock, love, hate, Peter, Sussan, Anne Example sentence:  " Grammaticus ate an apple ." In this example, both  Grammaticus  and  apple  are nouns seeing as they are both things that exist in the world. Example sentence: " Grammaticus believes in love ." In this example,  Grammaticus is a noun, once again because he is a person and therefore a thing that exists in the world. Love i...

The play Pseudolus clearly demonstrates the social conflict that existed during the time it was written. The relationship between a master and his slave is clearly depicted. We can see this through the relationship between Pseudolus and his masters and Ballio and his slaves. We can also see the social conflict between the different age groups by examining the relationship between Simo and his son. This essay will discuss all these different kinds of disputes and why the audience might have found them humorous. When looking at social conflict within Plautu’s Pseudolus the character Ballio should definitely be looked at seeing as he bears the classic image of the abusive slave owner. The author of the play goes out of its way to make the audience disgusted by Ballio. He makes Ballo seem greedy and arrogant. He cares nothing for his fellow man except for the profit he can make out of him. He is greedy to the extent that he says that he would neglect the gods to make a profit: “Why even ...