Prefixes
A word part that comes before a root word.
What is a prefix?
The author of Romeo and Juliet.
Who is William Shakespeare?
A partial word or word that can stand alone.
What is a root word?
This form of punctuation is used to end an interrogative statement.
What is a question mark?
A word part that comes after a root word.
What is a suffix?
This prefix means large.
What is mega-?
The two families feuding?
Who are the Capulets and Montegues??
This root means collect, choose, or gather.
What is lect?
The first word of a sentence, peoples names, specific place and things, the first word in a quotation, book titles, movies, and TV shows.
What are things that should be capitalized?
This suffix means, inflammation.
What is -itis?
This prefix means new.
What is neo-?
The language Shakespeare writes.
What is Elizabethan?
This root means rule, king, guide.
What is reg?
A phrase that can have a literal and/or figurative meaning.
I.E.- My little sister is a pain in my neck.
What is an idiom?
This suffix means characteristic, condition, or process.
What is -ism?
This prefix means equal.
What is equi-?
The age of Juliet.
What is 13?
This root means born or produce.
What is gene or gen?
This novella tells of an ordinary man, leading an ideal life with his infant son and wife; however, their world is rocked by greed when this man finds in invaluable treasure.
What is The Pearl?
This suffix means, like or resemble.
What is -oid?
This prefix means upon or over.
What is epi-?
Who is Romeo in love with, prior to seeing Juliet?
Who is Rosaline?
This root means stir, move, or, rouse.
What is cit?
This is the final sentence, of an introductory paragraph, that clearly outlines the topic of the essay.
What is a thesis statement?
This suffix means, one engaged in or with.
What is -eer?