The form of a word after all its prefixes and suffixes have been removed.
What are root words?
100
The use of two negative words when only one is needed (don't need no)
What is a double negative?
100
punctuation marks that show someone's exact words
What are quotation marks?
100
a genre made up of books or stories that are about real people of events
What is nonfiction?
100
the place in which the story happens
What is setting?
200
The part of a word that comes before its base (pre, post, non, anti)
What is a prefix?
200
a word, phrase, or sentence that gives an order (Sit down!)
What is a command?
200
puncuation marks that put two words together to make a contraction or show possession
What are apostrophes?
200
brief stories made up my an author
What is a short story?
200
A story that is told through the eyes of the main character
What is first person?
300
The part of a word that comes after its base (ing, ion, ly)
What is a suffix?
300
a sentence that contains more than one main clause but is not separated by punctuation for a conjunction (Mary took her dog for a walk and then did laundry and then made dinner for her family Mary had a long day!)
What is a run-on sentence?
300
punctuation marks that make sentences into question
What are question marks?
300
a genre of stories made up by an author
What is fiction?
300
the technique an author uses to make readers feel like they know a character
What is character development?
400
The letter that begins a sentence and/or a proper noun
What is a capital letter?
400
a particular person, place, or thing
What is a proper noun?
400
a talk someone gives out loud to and entire class
What is an oral report?
400
A genre of stories that are intended to deliver a moral ("Hansel and Gretel")
What are fairy tales?
400
descriptions of sounds, smells, tastes, sights, and textures
What are sensory details?
500
The individual sounds that words are made of (re/ne/go/ti/ate)
What are syllables?
500
a pronoun that represents a person in a sentence
What is a personal pronoun?
500
punctuation marks used to introduce lists or direct quotations
What are colons?
500
a genre of stories that are intended to be performed
What are plays?
500
the technique an author uses to make readers feel excited about what will happen next