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Separating Syllables
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100

In 'Building Root City', Trina was angry and took her anger out on someone else. What did she do? (Bonus if you can name who she did it to?)

What is destroying Root City? (JayCee)
100

Separate the two syllables in 'agree'.

What is a/gree?

100

A word that has two real words in it that makes it mean something different.

What is compound word?

100

In the Dead Can Speak, there was stuff that leaked from the food cans into the food and is very dangerous to eat.

What is lead?

200

In 'A Dog Gone Mystery' Max the dog gets stolen. The owner of Max the dog is...

Who is Miss Magnolia?

200

Separate the two syllables in 'delete'.

What is de/lete?

200

Adding ed, s, est or ing to the end of a word extends it to mean something a little different. What are the added letters called?

What is a suffix?

200

The decade (bonus point for exact year) Dr. Owen Beattie and his team decided to dig up and study the mummy of John Torrington.

What is 1984 (or the 1980's)?

300

An acronym for a group of people who have exceptional physical ability? (Bonus if you know the words in the acronym.)

What is WAVE? (Worldwide Alliance of the Very Exceptional).

300

Separate the two syllables in 'perceive'.

What is per/ceive?

300

Adding a few letters before a word, such as the 'un' in uncomfortable or the 're' in redirect is called...

What is prefix?

300

Dr. Beattie was this type of scientist.

What is Anthropologist?

400

Saya's mother's purchase that Saya didn't like.

What are shoes?

400

Separate the three syllables in 'trampoline'.

What is tram/po/line?

400

To gather and conclude information from evidence and reasoning rather than an explicit statement.

What is infer?

400

The name of the original machine in our 'Crazy Contraptions' book.

What is the Rube Goldberg Machine or RGM?

500

Jenna and Bianca sneak into an old house looking for adventure. They find an old bowling ball labeled "3 wishes". The title of the book is...

What is Wish Bowl?

500

Separate the three syllables in 'energy'.

What is en/er/gy?
500

A figure of speech in which a word is assigned to a specific object or action that is not literally applicable.

What is a metaphor?

500

Two things the people in The Money Pit book used to block the treasure from the diggers.

What are stones and water?

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