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    The document defines and provides examples of different types of eponyms: 1) Simple eponyms are common nouns derived from proper nouns, such as "cardigan" from the Earl of Cardigan. 2) Compounds and attributive eponyms mix names and descriptions, like the "Socratic method." 3) Possessives are written in the possessive case and attribute ownership, such as "Achilles' heel." 4) Suffix-based derivatives combine a name with a suffix, like "narcissistic." 5) Clippings are shortened forms of names, like the measurement "bel" from Alexander Graham Bell. 6)

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    The document defines and provides examples of different types of eponyms: 1) Simple eponyms are common nouns derived from proper nouns, such as "cardigan" from the Earl of Cardigan. 2) Compounds and attributive eponyms mix names and descriptions, like the "Socratic method." 3) Possessives are written in the possessive case and attribute ownership, such as "Achilles' heel." 4) Suffix-based derivatives combine a name with a suffix, like "narcissistic." 5) Clippings are shortened forms of names, like the measurement "bel" from Alexander Graham Bell. 6)

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    The document defines and provides examples of different types of eponyms: 1) Simple eponyms are common nouns derived from proper nouns, such as "cardigan" from the Earl of Cardigan. 2) Compounds and attributive eponyms mix names and descriptions, like the "Socratic method." 3) Possessives are written in the possessive case and attribute ownership, such as "Achilles' heel." 4) Suffix-based derivatives combine a name with a suffix, like "narcissistic." 5) Clippings are shortened forms of names, like the measurement "bel" from Alexander Graham Bell. 6)

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    English Class

    Eponyms
    -according to Alpha dictionary
    is an ordinary common noun Eponym
    derived from a proper noun, the
    name of a person or place.
    The eponym was used about 1833
    and was derived from the Greek
    word "eponymos". Structurally,
    "epi" means "upon or after" and
    "onyma" means "name". Simply
    put, eponym means "named after".
    Six Structural
    Type of Eponyms
    Compounds Possessives
    Simple
    and
    attributive Eponyms
    eponyms

    Clippings
    Suffix-
    Blends based
    derivatives
    -are eponyms in which a proper
    noun has been fully accepted and
    Simple become the common name of
    something.
    Eponyms Examples
    The cardigan is the common name
    for a knit sweater that buttons
    in front named after James Thomas
    Brudnell, 7th EarlNowof cardigan,
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    British cavalry officer.
    Compounds -mix names and descriptions.

    and Examples

    attributive The Socratic method was named


    after Socrates, a Greek
    eponyms philosopher who developed this
    method of teaching.

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    -are written in the possessive
    tense and attribute ownership to

    Possessives
    their namesake.

    Examples
    Achilles' heel means that you
    have a weakness of some kind and
    this is named after Achilles, a
    Greek hero.
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    -are eponyms in which the name of
    the person is combined with a
    Suffix-based suffix to make a new word.

    derivatives
    Examples
    Narcissistic is named after the
    mythical character, Narcissus, a
    beautiful young man of Greek
    mythology who looked into a
    reflective pool and fell in love
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    with the image of himself.
    -are eponyms in which a name has
    been shortened or adapted.
    Clippings Examples
    A bel is the name of a unit of
    measurement of loudness shortened
    from the name of Alexander Graham
    Bell who invented the telephone.
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    -are eponyms in which two words
    are blended together to make a new

    Blends
    one.
    Examples
    Saturday is a combination of the
    name Saturn, the Roman god of
    agriculture, and the word day. It
    means the seventh day of the
    week, Register
    after Now
    Friday.
    Answer
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    43.
    Seatwork
    Reminder:

    Quiz on Friday. Review the following topics


    🏶:
    Using Normal or Inverted Word Order in
    Creative Writing 🕮13-15
    Distinguishing an Informative Writing 🕮
    17-19
    Features of Journalistic Writing 🕮34-36
    Eponyms 🕮40-42

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