Morpheme Madness
The morpheme that means with/together.
What is Com or Con?
To add to
What is contribute?
What is the relationship between the even–numbered and odd–numbered stanzas in the poem?
A. They represent both sides of the conversation.
B. They contrast the strengths/weaknesses of age.
C. Stanzas 2, 4, and 6 pose a question and stanzas 1, 3, and 5 answer it.
D. Stanzas 2, 4 and 6 express concern and stanza 1, 3, and 5 dismiss it.
What is "A?"
Events in the story.
What is plot?
What the story is mainly about.
What is Central (or main) idea?
The morpheme that means Characteristics of.
What is "ate?"
To build or to grow.
What is develop or development?
How does the last stanza fit into the development of the overall text?
A. It answers all of the questions asked.
B. It shows the direspect of the son.
C. It draws the final conclusion about age.
D. It shows that the father is still in control.
What is "D?"
The problem in the story.
What is conflict?
The lesson, moral or message of the story.
What is theme?
The morpheme that means down.
What is "De?"
To show
What is convey?
What event indicates the climax of the selection?
A. The son asks what makes the father so clever.
B. The father says he will kick the son downstairs.
C. The father replies that he has answered three questions.
D. The son asks the father how he managed to eat the goose.
What is "C?"
Solves the conflict, or leaves the story on a cliffhanger.
What is the resolution?
A paragraph in a poem.
The morpheme that means out.
What is "Ex?"
Something repeated over and over.
What is repetition?
How does the difference in the father’s answers in the second and eighth stanzas contribute to the development of the plot?
A. It shows the father's growing anger at his son.
B. It shows the father's embarrassement about his age.
C. It shows the fathers lack of concern about the questions.
D. It shows the fathers increasing impatience with the questions.
What is "D?"
The bad guy, villian or person/thing that opposes the protagonist.
What is an antagonist?
Comparing two things using like or as.
What is a simile?
The morpheme that means state, condition, action.
What is "Tion/Sion?"
Background knowledge + Text clues = ____________
What is an inference?
How does repetition contribute to the development of the poem?
A. It helps to emphasize the setting.
B. It helps to strengthen the climax.
C. It helps to define the resolution.
D. It helps to create the conflict.
What is "D?"
The turning point, or major changing moment in the story.
What is the climax?
The three things that go on your blank white paper.
What is the title of the passage, the type of text, and a summary of the text?