10 Concrete terms and 10 Abstract termsFor English class, i need to make a list of 10 Concrete terms and 10 Abstract terms. Can you help?

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litteacher8 | High School Teacher | (Level 3) Distinguished Educator

Posted on May 10, 2012 at 2:20 AM

Concrete terms would be actual physical things, whereas their corresponding abstract terms would be ideas or concepts that are related. For example, a concrete term is "kiss," for the abstract term of "love.". The abstract "fear" might be represented by any number of concrete objects such as guns, snakes or cliffs. You might consider thinking of the abstract terms first, and then identifying concrete terms that match them.

e-martin | College Teacher | (Level 1) Educator Emeritus

Posted on May 9, 2012 at 8:00 PM

You can list ideological terms or terms related to concepts for the abstract terms. "Justice" is one example.

The term "courthouse" is an example of a concrete term. Terms that describe real objects will usually be concrete.