What are proper nouns

a noun that names a particular person, place, or thing “Tom,” “Chicago,” and “Friday” are proper nouns.

roses are red,

violets are black,

for what you said,

i hope you sit on a big fat tack.

frances ellen watkins harper writing was influenced by: b. the education she received growing up in the north.

she was born in baltimore, maryland, on september 24, 1825. after the death of her parents, her uncle reverend william watkins, a teacher at the academy for negro youth, raised and educated her. she also continued educating herself by accessing a library of the family she worked for, beginning writing poetry afterwards. as a civil rights activist and abolitionist, watkins greatly influenced her life and work.