Definitions
To fight noisily
Brawling
What vocabulary word is a synonym for the following:
Awful, horrible, dreadful
Abominable
What vocabulary word is an antonym for the following:
Retain, suppress, conceal
What are 2 prefix meaning NOT?
1) Un
2) non
She was quiet like a mouse
Simile
(comparing two unlike things using "like" or "as")
Possessing a desire for success, power, or honor
Ambitious
What vocabulary word is a synonym for the following
Subdue, hold back, keep in
Repress
What vocabulary word is an antonym for the following:
ordinary
unique
What suffix puts words into past tense?
-ed
He is a shining star
Metaphor
(comparing two unlike things WITHOUT using "like" or "as")
A meaning that is suggested or implied
Connotation
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Aspired, determined, motivated, driven
Ambitious
What vocabulary word is an antonym for the following:
slow down, rest
Name one suffix for "indict"
-ed
-ment
-s
The following is an example of which type of figurative language?
Allie Alligator Ate Apples All Afternoon
Alliteration
Underlying message / big idea of a story
Theme
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Worried, upset, agitated
Distraught
What vocabulary word is an antonym for the following:
Save, conserve
Expend
Which of the following is not a prefix?
-able
-pre
-anti
-re
-able is a suffix!
(inflatable, indescribable)
The wind whistled through the trees
Personification
(human-like qualities to non-human things)
A note of explanation added to a text or picture
Annotation
What vocabulary word is an synonym for the following:
Grisly, ghastly, frightful, horrid
Gruesome
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Uncommon, rare, unique
Which of the following is not a suffix?
-ful
-semi
-ing
-ish
-semi is a prefix
(semicircle, semifinal)
The following are examples of what figurative language
Biggie smalls
Awfully good
Terribly nice
Oxymoron
(combination of contradictory words)
Placing two things side by side to show their contrast/ unlikeness
Juxtaposition
What vocabulary word is a synonym for the following:
Harsh, cruel, brutal
Oppressive
What vocabulary word is an antonym for the following:
Contradict, oppose
Corroborate
What suffix changes a word from singular to plural?
-s
Dog vs. Dogs
I've told you a million times to clean your room
Hyperbole
(an exaggerated statement, not meant to be taken literally)