Figures of Speech
Inferences, conclusions
Cognates, Roots & Affixes
Denotations & Connotations
English Popourri
100
He is as strong as an ox.
What is a simile.
100
Combining what you read in a text with your prior knowledge to make an educated guess.
What is an inference?
100
 Letters added to the end of a word that change the meaning of that word.
What is a suffix?
100
A word's literal meaning or its dictionary definition.
What is denotation?
100
This has a subject and a predicate.
What is a sentence?
200
She is my rock.
What is a metaphor?
200
Using inferences to make a broader statement.
What is drawing conclusions?
200
Letters added to the beginning of a word that changes the meaning of that word.
What is a prefix?
200
The weight that a word carries of the or the set of associations implied by the word.
What is connotation?
200
This is a group of sentences that express one main idea.
What is a paragraph?
300
If being cute were a crime, my granddaughter would be on death row. 
What is hyperbole.
300
I laid $10 on the table next to Lisa.  I turned my back for a moment and when I turned back the money was gone.  I told Lisa to give my money back.
What is making an inference that Lisa took my money?
300

The English word family and the Spanish word familia are examples of this.

What are cognates?

300
There was no mistaking of the aroma when I entered the house; Mama was frying chicken. 
What is positive connotation?


300
The sentence in a body of writing that tells what that writing is about is called this.
What is a thesis statement?
400
His feet smell and his nose runs.
What is personification?
400

I laid $10 on the table next to Lisa. I turned my back for a moment and when I turned back the money was gone. I told Lisa to give my money back. I reminded her she was the only one near it.  I told everyone Lisa is a thief.

What is drawing a conclusion?
400
What makes the commonly used term "irregardless"  is incorrect because it has this problem?
What is it is a double negative?
400
I smelled the stench of skunk as I walked down my street.
What is negative connotation?
400
The omniscient narrator in a piece of writing means it is written in this.
What is the third person point of view?
500
Benjamin Franklin thought the turkey should be this for the United States.
What is a symbol?
500
The two year old gets a bag of fries from McDonald's whenever her parents take her there. She yells french fries whenever she sees the Golden Arches.  What is she inferring?
What is the Golden Arches is where she gets french fries?
500
Given the root word Script and the words Scripture, Scribble, prescription, and the Spanish cognate Escribir. Script means:
What is write?
500
The mechanic was released from her job.

The mechanic retired from her job.

The mechanic's boss kicked her to the curb. 

Which of these statements has a negative connotation?

What is, "The mechanic's boss kicked her to the curb?
500
This shows the author's attitude toward his writing.
What is tone?
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