Prefixes/Suffixes
Roots
Elements of Story
Suspense
Grammar
100
Prefix that starts with an "A" and means "away from"
ab-
100
Root that starts with a "T" and means "earth"
terr
100
What is the final part of plot?
Resolution
100
The type of suspense caused by time
Countdown
100
Which word in this sentence is capitalized incorrectly? "My Mother and I went to see the lions at the zoo."
mother
200
Prefix that starts with an "A" and means "life, spirit"
anim-
200
Root that starts with a "T" and means "god"
theo
200
What is the term for the exciting feeling of uncertainty that comes from not knowing what will happen?
Suspense
200
The type of suspense caused when a chapter ends in the middle of an exciting or suspenseful part
Cliffhanger
200
A comma should go after which word in the following sentence? "Yesterday my friend Anna and I left to visit New York."
Yesterday
300
Prefix that starts with a "C" and means "around"
circum-
300
Root that starts with an "S" and means "look"
spec
300
What are the three questions which the exposition answers?
Who? When? Where?
300
The type of suspense that occurs when a character can't see the things around them
Darkness
300
Choose the verb that would correctly complete the following sentence. "The man in all those deodorant commercials (is/are) my boyfriend's cousin."
Is
400
Suffix that starts with a "C" and means "kill"
-cide
400
Root that starts with "A" and means "walk, move"
ambu
400
What is the name for the type of character who does not change throughout a story?
Flat
400
The type of suspense that occurs when the reader is exposed to a character's inner thoughts
Worries and Fears
400
What is the tense of the following sentence? "Tomorrow, we will go to visit my grandma in Bakersfield."
Future
500
Suffix that starts with a "D" and means "belief"
-dox
500
Root that starts with an "A" and means "human"
anthro
500
What is the name for the feelings or emotions attached to a particular word or object?
Connotation
500
The type of suspense that occurs when a character is in a life-threatening situation
Danger
500
Is the following a sentence, a fragment, or a run-on? "After we watched the movie in class."
Fragment
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