Worksheet for identifying common and proper nouns with a historical text about Clemens.

Task: Identify Common and Proper Nouns in the Paragraph

#### Instructions Recap:
1. Underline the proper nouns.
2. Circle the common nouns.
3. Correct the capital letters of the proper nouns.

#### Step-by-Step Solution:

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Paragraph Analysis:

#### First Sentence:
> "clemens was born in florida, missouri, in 1835, and grew up in nearby hannibal, on the mississippi river."

- Proper Nouns (Underlined):
- Clemens (a person's name)
- Florida (a state)
- Missouri (a state)
- Hannibal (a city)
- Mississippi River (a river)

- Common Nouns (Circled):
- was born (verb phrase)
- in (preposition)
- grew up (verb phrase)
- nearby (adjective)
- on (preposition)

- Capitalization Corrections:
- Clemens → Clemens
- florida → Florida
- missouri → Missouri
- hannibal → Hannibal
- mississippi river → Mississippi River

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#### Second Sentence:
> "His father died in 1847, leaving the family with little financial support, and clemens became a printer's apprentice, eventually working for his brother, orion, who had set himself up in hannibal as a newspaper publisher at the hannibal journal."

- Proper Nouns (Underlined):
- Orion (a person's name)
- Hannibal Journal (newspaper name)

- Common Nouns (Circled):
- father (family member)
- died (verb)
- leaving (verb)
- family (group of people)
- financial support (noun phrase)
- printer's apprentice (job title)
- brother (family member)
- set himself up (verb phrase)
- newspaper publisher (job title)

- Capitalization Corrections:
- orion → Orion
- hannibal → Hannibal
- hannibal journal → Hannibal Journal

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#### Third Sentence:
> "After a year spent setting type for newspapers on the east coast, clemens returned in 1854 to rejoin orion, who by this time had moved on to start a paper in keokuk, iowa."

- Proper Nouns (Underlined):
- Keokuk (a city)
- Iowa (a state)

- Common Nouns (Circled):
- year (time period)
- spent (verb)
- setting type (action)
- newspapers (plural noun)
- east coast (geographical location)
- returned (verb)
- rejoin (verb)
- moved on (verb phrase)
- paper (publication)

- Capitalization Corrections:
- keokuk → Keokuk
- iowa → Iowa

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#### Fourth Sentence:
> "Through all his years in the printshop, clemens tried his hand at composing humorous pieces, using the heavy-handed techniques of local colorists who were popular at the time."

- Proper Nouns (Underlined):
- None in this sentence.

- Common Nouns (Circled):
- years (time period)
- printshop (place)
- tried (verb)
- hand (body part)
- composing (verb)
- humorous pieces (noun phrase)
- techniques (plural noun)
- local colorists (people)

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#### Fifth Sentence:
> "By 1856, he was accomplished enough to receive a commission from the keokuk saturday post for a series of comical letters reporting on his planned travels to south america."

- Proper Nouns (Underlined):
- Keokuk Saturday Post (newspaper name)
- South America (continent)

- Common Nouns (Circled):
- commission (noun)
- from (preposition)
- series (noun)
- comical letters (noun phrase)
- reporting (verb)
- planned travels (noun phrase)

- Capitalization Corrections:
- keokuk saturday post → Keokuk Saturday Post
- south america → South America

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#### Sixth Sentence:
> "But on his way down the mississippi, clemens temporarily abandoned his literary ambitions to take up a trade he had dreamed about as a boy. He apprenticed himself to become a riverboat pilot on the pennsylvania, and after 18 months of training, spent the next three years navigating the mississippi's ever-changing waters."

- Proper Nouns (Underlined):
- Mississippi (river)
- Pennsylvania (state)

- Common Nouns (Circled):
- way (noun)
- down (preposition)
- abandoned (verb)
- literary ambitions (noun phrase)
- trade (noun)
- dreamed (verb)
- boy (noun)
- apprenticed (verb)
- riverboat pilot (job title)
- training (noun)
- three years (time period)
- navigating (verb)
- waters (plural noun)

- Capitalization Corrections:
- mississippi → Mississippi
- pennsylvania → Pennsylvania

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Final Answer:

- Proper Nouns (Underlined):
- Clemens
- Florida
- Missouri
- Hannibal
- Mississippi River
- Orion
- Hannibal Journal
- Keokuk
- Iowa
- Keokuk Saturday Post
- South America
- Pennsylvania

- Common Nouns (Circled):
- All other nouns not underlined (as listed above).

- Capitalization Corrections:
- Corrected all proper nouns to their capitalized forms.

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Boxed Final Answer:

\boxed{
\text{See detailed solution above for underlined proper nouns, circled common nouns, and capitalization corrections.}
}