Prefixes
**DOUBLE JEOPARDY**
What the prefix "dis-" means
What is "not" or "opposite"?
What the prefix "un-" or "non-" means
What is "not"?
Example: jumbo shrimp
What is an oxymoron?
What a prediction is and how it's useful in reading
What is a guess about what will happen next? It is useful because it engages the reader in the text
What the word "grim" means
What is "gloomy, harsh"?
What the prefix "pre-" means
What is "before"?
What the prefix "re-" means
What is "back" or "again"?
A difference between what is said and what is meant
What is irony?
What is a summary and why it's useful in reading
What is a brief overview of the important information in a story?
What the word "trivial" means
What is "unimportant"?
What the prefix "sub-" means and what "submarine" means
What is "under"? What is "under water"?
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What the prefix "semi-" means and how it's used to explain the meaning of the word "semicircle"
What is "half"? What is "half of a circle"?
A story or poem that can be interpreted to reveal a hidden meaning, typically a moral
What is an allegory?
In a text, what the main idea and details are
What is "the most important point" and "facts that support the main idea"?
What the word "abate" means
What is "to lessen"?
What the prefix "trans-" means, an example of its use in a word and what that word means
What is "across"? ("transplant" = the movement of something across to something else)
What the prefix "mis-" means, an example of its use in a word, and how it's used to explain the meaning of that word
What is "wrong"? (ex. "misspell" = to spell wrong)
A sudden perception, interpretation, or enlightenment experienced by a character in literature
What is an epiphany?
What a subject and predicate are (remember: every sentence has both)
What is "who or what the sentence is about" and "what the subject is doing"?
**DOUBLE JEOPARDY**
What the word "subtle" means
What is "hard to detect or notice"?
What the prefix "inter-" means, an example of its use in a word and what that word means
What is "between"? (ex., "interstate" = a highway that runs between states)
What the prefix "en-" or "em-" means
What is "cause"? (ex., "enable" = to cause to be able)
**DOUBLE JEOPARDY**
Example: Freedom weeps, wrong rules the land, and waiting justice sleeps
What is personification?
What R.A.C.E. means in reading
What is "Restate, Answer, Cite, Explain"?
What the word "incredulous" means
What is "not willing to believe something"?