Word Stems 4 Life
What is uni?
To cut in two
What is "bisect?"
A period of 10 years.
What is a decade?
Snap! Crackle! Pop! Rice Krispies
What is onomatopoeia?
His desk is organized chaos.
What is an oxymoron?
Distant/afar
What is "tele?"
This English word technically means "written with light."
What is a photograph?
A period of 100 years.
What is a "century?"
The stars twinkled and danced in the night sky.
What is personification?
An 8-sided polygon.
What is an octagon?
The study of/science of
What is "ology?"
This English word technically means "the study of sound."
What is phonology?
A period of 1,000 years.
What is a millennium?
The winter snow was a white blanket in my backyard.
What is a metaphor?
The time and place of a story - introduced in the exposition.
What is setting?
Self
What is "auto?"
This is the material used to write - located in the pencil.
What is graphite?
What is a "telescope?"
I am so tired; I would be able to sleep for 5 years.
What is a hyperbole?
The alarm clock sounded like a raging storm this morning.
What is a simile?
Write/written
What is "graph?"
This English word literary means "to view small things."
What is a microscope?
An athletic event with three activities - swimming, cycling, and running.
What is a triathlon?
Her cooking is the bee's knees.
What is an idiom?
This English word technically means sending "sound over a distance."
What is a telephone?