Affixes
The suffix in the word indistinguishable.
What is able?
The definition of unfathomable.
What is too mysterious to understand?
This must be placed between items in a list.
What is a comma?
The part of speech that is a person place or thing.
What is a noun?
The title of a movie or novel should have this.
(double points if you can name what to do with both typed and handwritten)
What is italics for typed titles and underlined for handwritten titles?
The meaning of the prefix in the word inferred.
As in: Odilia inferred that trouble would be coming their way based on Teresita's warning.
What is in, meaning into or on?
The meaning of exhibit.
What is to show or display something?
Punctuation to show that information has been omitted or left out.
What is an ellipsis?
The part of speech that is an action.
What is a verb?
The punctuation missing from this sentence:
After reading the poem The Raven by Edgar Allan Poe, I find myself questioning the sanity of the narrator.
What is quotation marks around the title?
After reading the poem "The Raven" by Edgar Allan Poe, I find myself questioning the sanity of the narrator.
The prefix that means to do again.
What is re?
The character trait that shows a strong desire to achieve a goal.
What is ambitious.
The reason parenthesis are used in this sentence:
She (Odilia) twisted the ear pendent 5 times.
What is to add additional information for clarity?
The part of speech that describes a noun.
What is a adjective?
The part of speech that indicates the time an event took place.
What is a verb?
The root of distribution and its meaning.
What is tribute meaning to give?
The word meaning the act of mixing together different ingredients or elements.
What is a concoction?
Punctuation added for emphasis or a dramatic pause.
What is the dash?
The part of speech that describes a verb.
What is an adverb?
DAILY DOUBLE (write in answers only for all groups)
The elements from "Hansel and Gretel" that make this story a folktale.
What is teaching life lessons or morals?
The definition of biological.
What is relating to living organisms and natural processes?
When a storyteller gives a hit or clue about what is to come.
What is foreshadowing?
DAILY DOUBLE (write in answers only for all groups)
Rewrite this example using a sarcastic and a dramatic tone.
Hint: You will need to add two types of punctuation.
Great, another pop quiz just what I needed to make my day so much better. This will be fun.
Great, another pop quiz—just what I needed to make my day so much better. This will be "fun".
A word or phrase that is inserted into a sentence to express feeling, emotion or to demand.
What is an interjection?
A synonym for the word allegory.
What is folktale, fable, moral or theme?