All words contain a __________ or a root.
Base Word
The prefix meaning before.
Pre-
Something that covered, screened or guarded.
Shrouded
The time and place in which story events happen.
Setting
Of few and scattered elements.
Sparse
Words can be ____________, meaning they have multiple syllables, like "birthday."
Multisyllabic
The prefix meaning under, beneath or below.
Sub-
To take back or away.
Withdraw
The main story events or actions the characters take to solve the story.
Plot
The condition of having or being composed of differing elements.
Diversity
Learning the rules of syllabication, and the meaning of common prefixes, suffixes, and roots, can help us ___________, or break words into pieces when reading, and determine the meaning of words.
Decode
Prefixs meaning to make or cause to be. Hint: there are two.
En-, Em-
Not comprehensible.
Unimaginable.
How the narrator tells the story.
Point of View (POV)
Prefix meaning badly or wrongly.
Mis-
A ___________ is a word part that has meaning, but only becomes a word when an affix is added.
Root
Prefixes meaning not or the opposite of. Hint: there are three of them.
Un-, De-, Non-
Occurring or likely to occur soon.
Impending.
The act of creating and describing characters in literature.
Characterization
Prefix meaning too much or too many.
Over-
The patterns we use to divide words into syllables are called _____________.
Syllabication
Prefixes meaning together or with. Hint: there are five of them.
Co-, Con-, Com-, Syn-, Sym-
Of, relating to, or constituting the part of a military below commissioned or warrant officers.
Enlisted
An important idea that is woven throughout a story.
Theme
A _________, or affix at the beginning of a word, can change the word's meaning.
Prefix