Prefix/ Suffix
What is a prefix? Where can you find it in a word?
A prefix is a set of letters we add to the beginning of a word to make a new word with a different meaning.
Rocket navigated through the galaxy. What part of speech is the word navigated?
Verb
I visualized the story as I read the book out loud. What does the word visualize mean?
to form a mental image.
What two things do you need to make an inference?
What is background knowledge and information from the text?
Read the sentence. Tell what figurative language is found here. The flower was soft as silk.
a.) simile b.) personification c.) hyperbole
simile
What is the prefix found in the word unfriendly? What does the prefix mean?
Prefix: UN, Meaning: Not
What do we call special nouns that require a capital letter?
Pronouns
Which word matches this definition? An area surrounded mostly by homes
a.) residential b.) resemble c.) accustomed
residential
Using context clues and word parts to help you, what part of speech is the following word: ominous The blackened sky appeared ominous and we all ran inside for cover.
Ominous is an adjective. Ominous is describing the sky, a noun, which makes this describing word an adjective.
Read the sentence. Tell what figurative language is found here. The clouds rolled in ominously. The sky looked angry.
a.) metaphor b.) personification c.) hyperbole
personification
What is the suffix in the word: strengthen, what does the suffix mean?
Suffix: -en, Meaning: become
Vanessa drew quietly by her desk. What part of speech is the word quietly?
Adverb
Which word matches this definition? To consume destructively a.) crevices b.) devour c.) adaptation
Devour
I picked up a woozle and turned it around. It was slippery, wiggly, and goopidy goopy. What part of speech is a "woozle"? How do you know?
Woozle is a nonsense word used as a NOUN. Nouns have an article (a, an, the) before it and the sentence states that it can be touched and manipulated. For these reasons, I know it's a noun.
The salsa was so hot, my tongue began to melt.
a.) simile b.) onomatopeia c.) hyperbole
hyperbole
True or False: The word Immortality contains BOTH a prefix and a suffix.
TRUE, Prefix: Im-, Suffix: -ity
I have two gold fish and a cat. The word and is what part of speech in this sentence?
conjunction
Which word matches this definition? Usual, by habit
a.) resemble b.) gyre c.) accustomed
accustomed
What is main idea?
The author's message about the text.
"Oh no....AH-CHOO! Sniffle, I need a tissue please." a.) onomatopoeia b.) idiom c.) personification
Onomatopoeia
If you provide a prefix and suffix to the root word to make a new word, what would the new word be?: ______reason______
Unreasonable or unreasonably
I cleaned my room before bed. The word before is what type of part of speech?
Preposition
Which word matches this definition? The quality or feeling of being thankful
a.) gratitude b.) marvelous c.) exceptional
gratitude
Name the 5 crucial story elements ALL stories MUST have.
Characters, setting, plot, problem, solution.
Read the sentence. Tell what figurative language is found here. "Could you please put a sock in it? I'm trying to focus!" a.) idiom b.) metaphor c.) hyperbole
Idiom