Prefix, Root, Suffix
Vocabulary 1
Vocabulary 2
Unit
Plot Elements
100

prefix of the word rehydrate

re-

100

The body has enough water in it to keep it running right

Hydrated

100

The body doesn't have enough water in it to keep it working right

Dehydrated

100

A big change in in the world that happened between 1760-1860

Industrial Revolution

100

The final part of a story where the main conflict is resolved

Resolution

200

prefix of the word decaying

de-

200

Very, very cold

Frigid

200

Struggling for breath

Gasping

200

People who create new things or come up with new ideas

inventors

200

The turning point of the story;
usually, the most exciting or surprising part of the story

Climax

300

Suffix of the word pretested

-ed

300

Shocking fear

Horror

300

Faced with courage

Braved

300

People in textile mills worked _____ hours a day.

14

300

Introduces the main character, setting, and basic situation needed to understand the story

Exposition

400

Suffix of the word deforming

-ing

400

Something becomes less or decreases

Subsides

400

Done in a way that shows an extreme need or want of something.

Desperately

400

An important invention made during the time of the Industrial Revolution

Steam engine, the spinning jenny, the power loom, the cotton gin, the telegraph, the locomotive, the sewing machine, the incandescent light bulb, telegraph, telephone

400

The struggle or challenge that the main character faces

Conflict

500
Root of the word unstoppable

Stop

500

Makes it hard to see

Clouds

500

Done in an overly excited way by fear

Frantically

500

During the Industrial Revolution, factories in cities were more ______ than working on farms.

Efficient

500

The series of events that happen after the initial conflict is introduced

Rising Action

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