Morphology
What is the base word in "excitement"?
Excite
What part of speech is "jumped"?
I jumped on the bed.
Verb
Which word means "2"?
To Too Two
Two
What is the protagonist's name?
Jerome Rogers
What is the name of the dog in “Wizard of Oz”?
Toto
What is the suffix in "curiosity?"
-ity
What part of speech is "pencil"?
I will write with a pencil.
Noun
Which word means "to change"?
Altar Alter
Alter
What is the setting?
(Just tell me time and place!)
Present day Chicago. Mostly South side Chicago.
What is the most commonly stolen book?
The Bible
Which suffix means that you can do something?
-able/-ible
What part of speech is "pencil"?
I will pencil that meeting in for 3:00 tomorrow.
Verb
Which word means "wide open"?
Expansive Expensive
Expansive
What sport does Jerome like?
Who is the author of “Charlotte’s Web”?
C) E.B. White
What word uses the same base word as kindness, but has the opposite meaning?
Unkindness
Give an example of an adjective and use it in a sentence.
Answers vary.
Which word means "to be different"
Vary Very
Vary
What is Grandma's favorite/lucky number?
3
What genre does Edgar Allan Poe write?
Gothic, horror, mystery, suspense
What does the root "script/scrib" mean?
(manuscript, scribble, scribe, transcript)
To write
What suffix would you add to adjectives to make them adverbs?
Quick -> quick__
happy -> happi___
-ly
Which word means "cried"?
Bald Bawled
Bawled
What stuffed animal does Sarah have in her bedroom the first time Jerome visits her?
A pig
What is a novella?
A piece of writing between a short story and a novel.
Usually between 60-120 pages.