Roots & Affixes
This Taylor Swift song features the prefix meaning against: "____-hero."
What is anti?
The following sentence contains an example of this type of figurative language:
The sun was like a giant fiery ball in the sky, casting a warm glow on the earth below.
What is simile?
What is the meaning of the underlined word in the sentence below?
The apploga bounced really high when Jimmy threw it on the ground. Then, Cathy threw the apploga through the net and scored two points.
What is ball?
A person who wears a uniform and drives around in a car with blue and red lights probably works in this profession.
What is police or law enforcement?
This is the step in the writing process where you make major changes to your draft.
What is revision?
Patrick Henry's famous speech prominently features this root word meaning free: "Give me _____ty or give me death!"
What is liber?
The following sentence contains an example of this type of figurative language:
The world is a stage and we are all just actors, each playing our own unique role.
What is metaphor?
What is the meaning of the underlined word in the sentence below?
Mary rode her camonga to school yesterday. She could not ride it today, though, because it was raining.
What is bike?
This has probably happened when the car sputters to a stop and the gauge drops below the line.
The emotional associations or cultural connections a reader makes with a particular word or phrase.
What is connotation?
Many college freshman live in a ____, which makes sense because this root word means "sleep."
What is dorm?
The following sentence contains an example of this type of figurative language:
The leaves danced in the wind, twirling and spinning as if they had a life of their own.
What is personification?
What is the meaning of the underlined word in the sentence below?
Tommy likes to eat sneitoo for lunch. For dinner, his mom pulled a sneitoo with pepperoni out of the freezer.
What is pizza?
This is probably her condition if she's been sneezing for several days and has a fever.
What is sick?
This sentence is missing this punctuation mark.
I went to the store and I bought a pack of Skittles.
What is a comma?
If you've ever been an Animal Crossing fan (or just a fan of root words), you know that terraforming involves changing the features of this.
What is earth or land?
The following sentence contains an example of this type of figurative language:
The raven perched on the windowsill, its black feathers an ominous reminder of death.
Hint: One thing stands for another...
What is symbolism?
What is the meaning of the underlined word in the sentence below?
My dibek is living with us in the spare room. Dad says it is just like when they were kids and he lived in the room next door.
What is uncle?
This is who you might take your car to if you start hearing a strange noise.
What is a mechanic?
This is the sentence at the end of your introduction and describes the main idea of your writing.
What is a thesis statement?
The audience immediately knows that Maleficent isn't the hero of the story because her name literally has this prefix meaning bad.
What is mal?
The following sentence contains an example of this type of figurative language:
The lifeguard needed to be rescued when a riptide pulled him out to sea.
What is irony?
What is the meaning of the underlined word in the sentence below?
My yitter was growling, like a dog who sees an uninvited visitor at the door. I decided to go to McDonald's.
What is stomach?
This is the student who consistently turns in high-quality work and participates in class, which leads them to being at the top of their class by graduation.
What is a valedictorian?
This point-of-view is used when someone is sharing their experience from their own perspective using words like I, we, or our. It allows you to see into their mind and understand what they think.
What is first person?