Prefix
Again
Re-
-ER changes verbs into... (example: build -> builder)
Nouns
List two words in the 'beauty' family
Beautiful, beautifully
What is an antonym?
The opposite of a word (thin -> fat)
Before
Pre-
-FUL changes nouns into ... (example: wonder -> wonderful)
Adjectives
List two words in the 'happy' family
Happiness, happily, unhappy
What is a synonym?
A word that means almost the same thing (cold -> cool)
Badly
Mis-
-NESS changes adjectives into (example: thin -> thinness)
Nouns
List two words in the 'good' family
Goodly, goodliness, goodness
What is background info?
What you already know about the topic of an article
Lower/Less
Under
-LY changes adjectives into... (example: quick -> quickly)
Adverbs
List two words in the 'change' family
unchanging, changed (adj.), exchange
What is previewing?
Asking yourself questions about an article or text before you read it
3 prefixes meaning 'not'
In-, Un-, Non-, Im-, Dis-
-IZE changes adjectives into... (example: general -> generalize)
Verbs
Interact, react, actor, interaction, active
Who wrote The Hobbit?
J. R. R. Tolkien