Root Words
This Latin root means to write.
What is scrib/script
An official order given by a government or someone in power.
What is an edict?
Identify the pronoun and its antecedent in this sentence.
Jax will pay for his lunch with
cash today.
Pronoun: his
Antecedent: Jax
What tense is used in this sentence: past, present, or future?
Kelly entered her mini organic garden in this year’s science fair.
What is past tense?
Name the type of figurative language use din this sentence:
The squat, overstuffed chair crouched in the
corner of the dark room.
What is personification?
This latin root means to see or look.
What is vis/vid?
To get around something in a clever or sometimes dishonest way.
What is circumvent?
What type of sentence is this? (simple, compound, complex)
I washed the dishes while James took out
the trash.
What is complex?
Identify the adverb in this sentence.
Lily wrote beautifully on the couple's ornate wedding invitations.
What is beautifully?
Identify the figurative language used in this sentence:
Mr. Moffatt gets excited sometimes and talks a million miles an hour.
What is hyperbole?
This greek root mean to study.
What is ology?
The part of the mind that tells you if something is right or wrong.
What is conscience?
Does the italicized section function as an appositive, prepositional phrase, or direct object?
Dana, a budding paleontologist, adores the Museum of Natural History.
What is an appositive?
Identify all the common nouns in this sentence:
The boy who won the prize was John Baker.
What is boy and prize?
The story takes place in the fall, in Mr. Tran’s room, in Houston. This is the _____________.
What is setting?
This Greek root means circle.
What is cycle?
A mixture of unpleasant sounds.
What is a cacophony?
Change this word to its plural form:
baby
What is babies?
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Identifty the preposition in this sentence:
The rainbow stretched over the water.
What is over?
Odysseus is the main character of The Odyssey, also known as the _____________________.
What is the protagonist?
This Latin root means sea.
What is mar/mer?
A channel that has been built to carry water over long distances.
What is an aqueduct?
A word that is derived from a verb but that functions as a noun; ends in ing.
What is a gerund?
Choose the correct word for this sentence:
Is the doctor ( through / threw / thorough ) with my exam?
What is through?
The storyline is this: A shy girl writes a letter to her crush, he reads it, and they become a couple. This is the ________ of the story.
What is plot?