Morphology of Words
Dictionary Skills
Categorizing Stories
Miscellaneous
100
a word element that occurs before a root to modify (change) the meaning
What is an prefix?
100
the manner in which someone utters a word
What is pronunciation?
100
make believe stories
What is fiction?
100
categories into which words are classified according to their functions in sentences
What are parts of speech?
200
base elements of a word that convey the basic meaning of the word
What is a root word?
200
words that have the same or about the same meaning
What are synonyms?
200
true stories with real facts
What are nonfiction stories?
200
a book of words and their synonyms
What is a thesaurus?
300
a word element used after the base word to modify the meaning
What is a suffix?
300
forming or dividing words into syllables
What is syllabication?
300
a category of literary compositions characterized by a particular style, form or content (how stories are broken into groups)
What is genre
300
word element that occurs before or after a root or base word to modify the meaning
What is an affix?
400
a word that has more than one meaning
What is a multiple meaning word?
400
words that are spelled the same but have different meanings
What are homographs?
400
the central idea of a piece of fiction or the main idea of a nonfiction essay
What is theme?
400
words at the top of each dictionary page to help locate the words on the page
What are guide words?
500
replacing a word with another word that means about the same
What is alternate word choice
500
words that have opposite meanings
What are antonyms?
500
what the author wants you to learn from the story
What is a moral lesson?
500
Name the four types of author's purpose discussed in the fifth grade.
What is persuade, inform, entertain, and express?
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