Tsunami Terminology
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Story Elements
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A big problem or an emergency
What is a CRISIS?
100
It always end with a period
What is a statement?
100
A person
What is an INDIVIDUAL?
100
The result of an earthquake that strikes deep under the ocean floor
What is a tsunami?
200
One part or stage of something
What is a PHASE?
200
A letter or group of letters added to the end of a word that changes the meaning or part of speech of a word
What is a suffix?
200
It tells who or what the sentence is about
What is the subject of a sentence?
200
To explain or describe something exactly
What is DEFINE?
200
The story of three friends who went to medical school and became doctors, against all odds
What is THE PACT?
300
A series of actions that produce a result
What is a PROCESS?
300
A letter or groups of letters added to the beginning of a word that changes the meaning of a word
What is a prefix?
300
Tells what someone or something does
What is the predicate of a sentence?
300
To try or attempt
What is UNDERTAKE?
300
About 75% of individuals in the prison system are these
What are high school dropouts?
400
To put to use, or put forth
What is EXERT?
400
Words that have similar meanings - like "accomplish" and "achieve"
What are synonyms?
400
It is missing either a subject or a predicate
What is a sentence fragment?
400
To decide that you will try hard to do something
What is RESOLVE?
400
A teenage girl whose life changed forever when a massive tsunami struck her village
Who is Latha?
500
Size or importance
What is MAGNITUDE?
500
Words that have opposite meanings - like "quiet" and "noisy"
What are antonyms?
500
Includes both a subject and a predicate
What is a complete sentence?
500
To show that an opinion, idea, quality, etc., is important
What is to EMPHASIZE?
500
The half of the earth that was struck by the Tsunami in 2004
What is the Eastern Hemisphere?
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