The cars were the same color so it was hard to distinguish between them. What does distinguish mean?
Tell the difference
100
What prefix can be added to the word born to say not born
un
100
Which word has the more negative connotation?
curious
nosy
Nosy
200
How many lines are in a sonnet?
14
200
What is a paragraph in poetry called?
A stanza
200
I decided to ignite the fireworks. What does ignite mean?
Light on fire
200
What prefix can be added to the word approve to cause it to mean not approve?
Dis
200
Which word has the more negative connotation?
slim
thin
Thin
300
Do sonnets need to rhyme?
Yes
300
Shall I compare thee to a summer’s day?
Thou art more lovely and more temperate.
Rough winds do shake the darling buds of May,
And summer’s lease hath all too short a time.
What is wrong with this stanza?
The rhyme is mixed up.
300
I exasperate the teacher when I will not listen.
What does exasperate mean?
frusrerate
300
What does the suffix able mean?
Can be done
300
Which word has the more negative connotation?
mutt
dog
mutt
400
Sometime too hot the eye of heaven shines,
And often is his gold complexion dimmed;
And every fair from fair sometime declines,
By chance, or nature’s changing course, untrimmed
What is the rhyme scheme?
ABAB
400
How many stanzas are in a sonnet?
4
400
A life jacket can help diminish my fear of the water. What does diminish mean?
Make smaller or make go away
400
What does the suffix ology mean?
The study of something
400
What is the denotation of connotation?
a)something suggested by a word or thing
b)the meaning of a word or phrase
c)a quality, feeling, or attitude expressed by the words that someone uses in speaking or writing
d)the reason for writing something
c
500
What is the rhyme scheme of a Shakespearean sonnet?
ABAB ABAB ABAB AA
ABBA ABBA ABBA AA
ABAB CDCD EFEF GG
500
What is iambic pentameter?
ten syllable lines with an unstressed-stressed pattern
500
The map was ambiguous and it was unclear where we should turn. What does ambiguous mean?
Unclear
500
What suffix can be added to the word terror to cause it to mean to give terror?
ize
500
Come up with a word that has a negative connotation that means someone who likes to save money.