Greek & Latin Roots
Greek & Latin Roots
Figurative Language
Homophones
Adjectives & Adverbs
100
The Golden Rule is a _______________that states you should treat others the way you would want to be treated. (principle, principal)
What is principle.
100
Look at the roots below. Which one means drive or push?
dict----cede-----puls-----junc
What is puls?
100
Select the hyperbole in the passage.
Nations are possessed with an ambition to perpetuate the memory of themselves by the amount of hammered stone thy leave. What if equal pains were taken to smooth and polish their manners? One piece of good sense would be more memorable than a monument as high as the moon. I love better to see stones in place.
What is as high as the moon?
100
After the swim, Sue and Bob always ________
out their wet swimsuits and hang them on a rack to dry. (wring, ring)
What is wring?
100
Adjectives modify ______________and ___________.
What are nouns and pronouns?
200
What does the root cred mean?
trust or believe---good---say or declare--bend or curve
What is trust or believe?
200
What does the root hydro mean?
What is water?
200
What does the verbal irony in this text suggest?
"It was my good luck to have to study for a test while all my friends went to the waterpark," Aiden remarked.
Aiden was upset about staying home or Aiden was happy to stay home.
What was Aiden was upset about staying home?
200
Given that there were more than one hundred guests at the wedding, how many ______________ do you think Malia and Clarence have received?
What is presents.
200
Identify the adjectives.
The sun blazed in a clear, blue sky.
What is clear, blue?
300
What does the word min mean?
What is small?
300
What does the root gen mean?
What is birth?
300
What does the metaphor in this text suggest?
Tina felt a roller coaster of emotions when she heard the news.
Tina had varied feelings or
Tina found the news scary.
What is varied feeling?
300
A _________ is coming undone on the checkered sweater that Grandma Rosa made me. (seem, seam)
What is seam?
300
Select the three adverbs.
The day of the barbecue was terribly hot, and the temperature eventually drove everyone indoors to sit in front of the air conditioner.
What is terribly, eventually and indoors?
400
What does the root sign mean?
What is mark?
400
What is the root cogn mean?
What is to know?
400
What does the idiom in this text suggest?
In September 2013, President Obama stated that he was on the fence about ordering a military strike against Syria.
What is the president was undecided about the military strike?
400
Read and correct the incorrect homophone.
Its uncertain who's coat and hat these our.
What is It's , whose, and are?
400
Select three adverbs.
Camilla silently crept downstairs, inspected the contents of the refrigerator, and discovered some previously forgotten leftovers.
What is silently, downstairs, previously
500
What is the meaning of the root struct?
What is to build?
500
What is the meaning of the root vis?
What is to see?
500
You're as cold as ice; you're willing to sacrifice our love.
—Foreigner, "Cold as Ice"
The song is about someone who is freezing.The song is about someone who doesn't care.
Submit
You're as cold as ice; you're willing to sacrifice our love.
—Foreigner, "Cold as Ice"
The song is about someone who is freezing.The song is about someone who doesn't care.
Submit
You're as cold as ice; you're willing to sacrifice our love.
—Foreigner, "Cold as Ice"
The song is about someone who is freezing.The song is about someone who doesn't care.
Submit
You're as cold as ice; you're willing to sacrifice our love. -Foreigner, "Cold as Ice"
What type of figurative language and the meaning of it?
What is a simile and the song is about someone who doesn't care?
500
Too days from now, I hope two be finished to.
What is two, to, too?
500
Select the tree adverbs
Addison often sews her own clothing because, in her opinion, the clothing in stores is far too dull.
What is often, far, and too?