prefixes
The meaning of the word "irreverent" based on the prefix.
Not reverent; showing lack of respect.
This prefix refers to "one".
It is the opposite of "poly".
What is "mono"?
An antonym for hostility
A. friendliness
B. enmity
C. generosity
What is friendliness?
Two unrelated objects are compared using "like" or "as".
He laid on the sofa like a sloth, looking ahead to nothing in particular.
What is a simile?
An exaggeration
I've been waiting a million years for this!
Often dramatic: is what is being described in the sentence actually possible?
What is hyperbole?
The meaning of the word controversy, based on the prefix.
What is against another's opinions; a disagreement
The suffix "ness" helps the reader know the word "decisiveness" means:
A. being decisive
B. without decision
c. The state of being decisive.
What is the state of being decisive?
A synonym for malignity
A. benign
B. enmity
C. malficience
What is enmity?
Use of descriptive language that appeals to one or more of the five senses: touch, smell, sight, taste, hearing.
The forest was hushed, resounding with echoes of the tree's stoic silence.
Includes sensory words.
What is imagery?
When a writer describes something by using opposite language.
My dad told me not to "go overboard with gratitude" when I failed to thank him for the gift.
Can also be the opposite of what is expected in any situation.
The fire chief's house burns to the ground.
What is irony?
The prefix "omni" helps the reader know the word "omnivore" means...
What is an animal or person who eats everything: plants and animals.
The suffix -ity helps the reader know the word "scarcity" means:
A. the condition of being scarce.
B. full of scarce
C. the act of being scarce
What is the condition of being scarce.
An antonym for contemptuously
A. disdainfully
B. respectfully
C. happily
What is respectfully?
A statement in which two objects, often unrelated, are compared.
His head was a basketball delicately balanced upon is skinny frame.
DOES NOT use "like" or "as".
What is a metaphor?
Objects, people and actions in a story represent a idea that reveals a hidden meaning, which is often a moral or political message.
Similar to a fable or parable, like the Tortoise and the Hare.
Animal Farm
What is Allegory?
The prefix "circum " helps the reader know the word "circumvent" means...
What is "to go around something"?
The suffix "-ance" helps the reader know that the word "continuance" means:
A. a person who continues
B. the state of continuing
C. the ability to continue
What is the state of continuing?
A synonym for inference
A. assumption
B. drawing
C. fact
What is assumption?
Use of an object to represent a concept.
Ex: "Idea" represented by a light bulb switching on.
Appears during a significant moment but can be often overlooked.
What is symbolism?
The repetition of initial sounds in neighboring words.
She sells sea shells by the seashore.
What is alliteration?
The difference in meaning between the suffix "ante" and "anti".
Example: antecedent and anticlimatic.
What is "before" (antecedent) and "opposite of" (anticlimax)?
The suffix "ist" helps the reader know the word "bicyclist" means:
A. one who bicycles
B. the state of bicycling
C. the act of bicycling
What is one who bicycles?
A synonym for conflict
A. dispute
B. harmonious
C. resolution
What is dispute?
Giving human attributes to nonhuman objects.
The car coughed, hacked, and spluttered.
Look for the subject being described. Can the noun actually do what is being described?
What is personification?
The way an author's choice of words makes you feel.
Emotions or feelings a story provokes in a reader.
What is mood?