Building Blocks
A person, place, thing, or idea.
Noun
A group of letters added to the beginning or end of a word to add meaning.
Affix
A word or phrase used in a non-literal way to create an effect.
Figure of Speech
An expression or statement with less strength than expected.
Understatement
How can you infer the meaning of a word you do not know like "consumed" in the following sentence: Earl was so hungry he consumed 8 tacos.
To use CONTEXT CLUES like hungry and 8 tacos.
A word that modifies the meaning or quality of a verb.
Adverb
An affix added to the beginning of a word.
Prefix
A comparison made using like or as.
Simile
Which would come first in a word that contains both a prefix and a suffix?
Prefix
"To kill two birds with one stone" is an example of:
Idiom
A word that modifies the meaning or quality of a noun.
Adjective
An affix added to the end of a word.
Suffix
A comparison made without using like or as.
Metaphor
It is not a word, but if Geocycle were, what meaning do we take from it?
Earth Wheel or Earth Circle
“You start to freeze as horror looks you right between the eyes” is an example of:
Personification
A word that describes an action or state of being.
Verb
A prefix or word part that means "After."
Post-
Giving human traits to objects or ideas.
Personification
To understand an implied meaning.
Infer
The acronym to help you remember coordinating conjuctions is:
For, and, nor, but, or, yet, and so.
A pattern you can notice with adverbs.
Usually end in -LY
An ancient language, along with Greek, that forms around 60% of the roots and affixes in English.
Latin
A common saying or expression containing a figurative meaning that differs from the phrase's literal meaning.
Idiom
We would take these away from a word to find its root.
Affixes
Dendrochronology is the science of finding a tree's what by looking at its rings.
Age