Vocab. & Affixes
“I swear, I wasn’t listening. I’m not an eavesdropper!”
What is the meaning of eavesdropper as it is used in this sentence?
A person who listens to other people talk without letting them know
Everyone else at the party wanted veggie pizza except Tim because he detested vegetables.”
What might detested mean?
Dislike intensely; hate
“The leaves danced in the breeze” is what kind of figurative language?
Personification
“My name is Percy Jackson and I am 12 years old.”
What point of view is being used and who is speaking?
First person, Percy Jackson is speaking
Define “hallucination” exactly.
Something that seems real but doesn’t really exist.
“She accidentally left the door ajar when she left for work.”
What is the meaning of ajar as it is used in this sentence?
Slightly open
“Grandpa didn’t know that Suzie was coming along for the fishing trip, and now he had to alter his plans.”
What might alter mean?
Change or shift, typically in a small way
“They looked sullen and depressed as if waiting for a call that would never come” is an example of what kind of figurative language?
Simile
“He let us play games in class and his was the only class that didn’t put me to sleep.”
What is Percy’s Point of View/Perspective of his teacher?
He likes his teacher due to being allowed to play games and not being boring.
“After hitting his head during the game, he faltered on the way back to the bus.”
What is the meaning of faltered as it is used in this sentence?
Stumbled; moved in an unsteady way.
“When Sam got a tiny cut on her finger, she became so melodramatic and screamed and cried with the school nurse.”
What might melodramatic mean? What clue words tell you this?
Overly dramatic or exaggerated; clue words: tiny cut, screamed, cried
“The playroom was an absolute zoo” is what kind of figurative language?
Metaphor
“She smiled at me, as if she believed in my ability to solve the problem. I didn’t know if I could.”
What is “her” Point of View/Perspective of the narrator?
Kind, as if she believes in them
God? That is an entirely different matter. We shant deal with the metaphysical.”
What is the meaning of metaphysical as it is used in this sentence?
Relating to things that are abstract or unable to be perceived with the senses
“The children were perched on the edge of the sofa arms, waiting to hop off.”
What might perched mean? What clue words helped you?
Sitting or resting on the edge of something; clue words: edge, hop off
“The article took forever to read” is an example of what kind of figurative language?
How do you know?
Hyperbole; reading cannot take “forever.”
“You’re dead new boy, you’ll be so dead when I’m done with you.”
What is this person’s point of view/perspective of the “new boy?”
They don’t like them, they seem to hate them
“The Titans ushered in a new age - the Golden Age - which was definitely a misnomer.”
Using your affix list, find a prefix, root, and suffix and define each.
Mis - wrong or incorrectly.
Nom - name
Er - applied to create the noun version of a verb
“As Tommy walked home with the money from the church he’d stolen, powerful feelings of remorse bubbled in his stomach.”
What might remorse mean? What clue words helped you?
Extreme regret or guilt; clue words: powerful, he’d stolen, stomach
“The article took me forever to read, because the angrier I got, the more the words floated off the page.”
What does this figurative language tell us about how the character feels? How do you know?
The figurative language shows they are upset and that they can’t concentrate.
“The flowers were beautiful and filled the air with a smell so intoxicating that it was hard to leave. The scenery was perfect.”
What is this person’s point of view toward the scenery? How do you know?
They seem to enjoy it; “beautiful,” “hard to leave,” “scenery was perfect.”