Genre
Made-up stories with imaginary characters and events
What is Fiction
What affix is attached to the beginning of a word, base, or phrase that produces a derivative word or an inflectional form?
Prefix
What is the definition of a root word?
What is the most basic meaning of a word.
Most root words are not stand-alone in English — they need a prefix and/or a suffix to create a meaningful word.
What is a comparison between two things, typically for explanation or clarification of how the words are related?
What are the five non-fiction text structures?
What is sequence/chronological, compare and contrast, cause and effect, problem and solution, description
True stories of actual people, places, topics, or events
What is non-fiction
What affix are letters added to the end of a base word to change its conjugation, word type, or other grammar properties like plurality?
What is a suffix
Roots Scrib, Script, and Graph all mean?
What is to write
What are the different types of analogies we worked with this year?
What is synonyms, antonyms, parts/wholes, cause/effect analogies
Narrative nonfiction stories are ALWAYS in what text structure?
What is sequence/chronological
What is the purpose (reason) why being able to identify the genre is important?
comprehension, visualization, story elements change by genre
The prefix "pre" means
Roots port and fer both mean?
What is to carry
Complete the following analogy, and tell me what kind of analogy this is:
employ:hire::fortunate: _________
What is lucky; synonyms
What is the purpose of identifying/understanding text structure?
What is comprehension, author's purpose, organization, main idea
Verse and rhythmic writing with imagery that evokes and emotional response from the reader
What is Poetry
Prefixes: In, Im, Il, Ir mean?
What is not
Roots Fract, Frag, and Rupt all mean?
What is to break
Complete the following analogy, and tell me what kind of analogy this is:
sunset:dusk::sunrise:
dawn; cause and effect
What is the text structure? Viruses can mess up computers and make them run slowly. There are two reasons why people spread viruses: money and power. If someone infects your computer with a virus, they can make money by stealing your sensitive information and selling it to identity thieves. Your computer makes an attractive target to cybercriminals because they can use it to gain money and power.
What is cause and effect
Stories that have fictional characters, but are based on historical events
Historical Fiction
When suffixes are used to show past AND present tense?
What is ed and ing
What are the word parts and their meanings of the word: inscription?
What is in=in, script= to write, ion=the act or process of
Inscription = the process of writing something into something (rock, jewelry, book, etc.).
What does the word ingenuity mean?
What is the quality of being clever, original, and inventive
What is the text structure? Computers are very complex machines, but everything that they do can be put into two basic categories: inputting and outputting. Inputting is when the computer accepts information entered by the user. Outputting is when the computer returns information to the user. When you press a key on your keyboard, you input information. When the letter that you pressed appears on your monitor, your computer is outputting. Both inputting and outputting require the computer to process information, but input is controlled by the user, and output is controlled by the computer. Without inputting and outputting, there would be no computing.
What is compare and contrast