Vocabulary Classical Roots
To minimize something is to do this.
What is lessen?
Face paint allows the boys to do this more easily.
What is hide their identities/lose self-control?
Roz survives on the island at first by doing this rather than forcing control.
What is observing and learning from the animals?
Which part of speech can show either an action or a state of being, depending on the sentence?
Verb.
The novel argues that evil is not caused by monsters, but by this.
What is human nature?
This root explains the meaning of vacuous, describing something empty or meaningless.
What is vanus/vacuus?
The fear of the Beast allows Jack to do this.
What is gain power and control?
This character teaches Roz how to survive by being clever and adaptable.
Who is Fink?
Which part of speech answers the questions how, when, where, or to what extent?
Adverb.
Golding’s message reflects his belief that civilization restrains this dangerous force.
What is humanity's inner savagery?
A debate described as open and honest connects best to this verb root.
What is aperire?
Simon’s death best illustrates this theme.
What is mob mentality/herb mentality?
Brightbill’s bravery is most clearly shown when he does this.
What is learning to fly/leaving the nest despite fear?
In the sentence Running through the park makes me happy, identify the noun.
Running
In The cat under the table is sleeping, identify the preposition and the word it relates to.
Under; it relates to table.
This Latin root meaning “great” appears in magnify and magnificent.
What is magnus?
When rules no longer matter, the boys rely on this instead.
What is violence and fear?
Roz earns belonging by doing this rather than demanding acceptance.
What is helping others?
In The tired students slowly finished their work, which word is an adverb, and what does it modify?
Slowly; it modifies the verb finished.
The loudly music played.
Identify the word that uses the wrong part of speech.
Loudly (should be adjective: loud)
A microscopic crack spreads until it becomes macroscopic, perfectly illustrating the contrast between these two roots.
What is mikros and makros?
Golding suggests that without society, humans will naturally do this.
What is descend into savagery?
Peter Brown suggests intelligence alone does not make someone alive; this does.
What is empathy?
In She looks confident, explain why confident is not a verb.
It describes the subject and follows a linking verb; it is an adjective.
Can you please stop talking?
Even though it sounds polite, this sentence is:
Interrogative