Prefix & Suffix Knowledge
Text Structures
What's the Author's Purpose
Figure out Figurative Language
Purpose of a Text Feature
100
This is the suffix that means: related to or having characteristics of
What is -al?
100
This is the text structure that shows how two or more things are alike and/ or how they are different.
What is COMPAIR and CONTRAST?
100
This is a piece of writing that illustrates one of the 3 author's purposes. A young girl's note to her parents giving reasons why they should buy a puppy.
What is Persuade?
100
This is the purposeful repetition of consonant sounds for effect. Example: A bumble bee buzzed boldly toward us.
What is alliteration?
100
This text feature gives the heading and beginning page number of each section of a book.
What is The Table of Contents?
200
This is the suffix that means: incline to or have the qualities of
What is -some.
200
This text structure gives a clear picture of a specific topic, idea, person, place, or thing by listing its features, characteristics, or examples.
What is DESCRIPTION?
200
This is a piece of writing that illustrates one of the 3 author's purposes. A book of 1,000 knock-knock jokes.
What is entertain?
200
This is making comparisons between two things without using "like" or "as". Example: Books are food for the brain.
What is a metaphor?
200
This text feature is slanted and shows importance or emphasis.
What are Italics?
300
This is the prefix that means: self
What is auto-?
300
This text structure uses signal words like: first, second, next, before, after, finally...
What is SEQUENCE?
300
This is a piece of writing that illustrates one of the 3 author's purposes. A politician's speech about how health insurance should be provided to all families.
What is persuade?
300
This is making a comparison between two things using the words "like" or "as". Example: He is as sharp as a tack.
What is a simile?
300
This is the text feature that tells about a picture, table, chart, diagram, or graph.
What is a caption?
400
This is the prefix that means: before or front
What is fore-?
400
This text structure uses signal words like: so, because, this led to, as a result, consequently, therefore, if...then, for this reason, .....
What is CAUSE and EFFECT?
400
This is a piece of writing that illustrates one of the 3 author's purposes. An article comparing and contrasting facts about the American and European health care systems.
What is inform?
400
This is giving nonliving objects living characteristics or qualities. Example: The floor groaned as the dancers leaped upon it.
What is personification?
400
This is a text feature that is found at the end of a book and lists the page numbers where topics can be found.
What is the Index?
500
These are the two suffixes that mean: to make or become like.
What are -ize & -yze?
500
This is the text structure tells about a situation and how that situation was solved or addressed.
What is PROBLEM and SOLUTION?
500
This is a piece of writing that illustrates one of the 3 author's purposes. A cook book containing recipes for making cakes, cookies, and other desserts.
What is inform?
500
This is the process of figuring out a word problem. You must figure out the relationship between the first two words to solve the problem. Example: Support is to neglect as Expensive is to _____ * the first two words are opposites. So "cheap" would be correct!
What are analogies?
500
This is the text feature that lists new or important words and their definitions.
What is a Glossary?
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