What Does the Prefix Mean?
What Does the Suffix Mean?
What Does the Root Mean?
Literary Devices and Figures of Speech
Name It!
100
What does the prefix re mean?
The prefix re means back or again. Please reapply the lotion.
100
What does the suffix ness mean?
The suffix ness means a state, condition or quality. She always treats me with kindness.
100
What does the Greek root phon mean?
The Greek root phon means sound. I just used the telephone.
100
This literary device compares things using like or as.
A simile. The food was as delicious as a cardboard box.
100
What do we call two words that have the same meaning?
A synonym.
200
What does the prefix mono mean?
The prefix mono means one. I have a monologue in the play.
200
What does the suffix ful mean?
The suffix ful means amount or quantity that fills. You can have a handful of candy.
200
What does the Greek root chron mean?
The Greek root chron means time. Will you please put the events in chronological order?
200
This figure of speech describes something non-human with human qualities.
Personification. The morning sun gently hugged me with its warm, golden rays.
200
What do we call two words that are the opposite of each other?
An antonym.
300
What does the prefix mis mean?
The prefix mis means wrong. I am sorry I mislead you.
300
What does the suffix ic or ics mean?
The suffix ic or ics relates to the sciences or the arts. I love my mathematics class.
300
What does the Latin root aud, audit, and aur mean?
The Latin roots aud, audit and aur mean hear. The speaker was barely audible.
300
This literary device compares two things but does not use like or as.
Metaphor. Her eyes are twinkling stars.
300
What do we call two or more words that sound alike but have different meanings: like beat and beet, or buy, by and bye?
Homonyms
400
What does the prefix post mean?
The prefix post means after. I will have to postpone the meeting.
400
What does the suffix er and or mean?
The suffix er and or indicate an action. I want to be a runner when I grow up.
400
What does the Greek root geo mean?
The Greek root geo refers to earth. I wish I had taken a geology class in high school.
400
This figure of speech repeats the beginning consonant sounds in words.
Alliteration. The awesome alligator ambled along angrily.
400
What do we call words that show location, position or direction?
A preposition. Some common prepositions are: around, but, by, up, on, of, off.
500
What does the prefix trans mean?
The prefix trans means across, beyond or change. The caterpiller transforms into a butterfly.
500
What does the suffix ing mean?
The suffix ing means the act of doing something. I will be moving tomorrow.
500
What does the Latin root mob, mov and mot mean?
The Latin roots mob, mov and mot mean move. The merry go round goes in a circular motion.
500
What is the literary device onomatopoeia?
It is a word that sounds like the noise it describes. You buzz like a bee. You snap your fingers. Tap your toes.
500
What would we call and, but, or, nor, yet?
They are conjunctions which connect words, groups of words or sentences. And, but, or, nor, yet are coordinating conjunctions.
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