Roots/Affixes
The affix that deals primarily with water
A. Semi
B. Aqua
C. Tele
D. Vivi
What is aqua?
B
[lak-luhs-ter]
adj.1.lacking brilliance or radiance; dull 2.lacking liveliness, vitality, spirit, or enthusiasm n. 3.a lack of brilliance or vitality.
The diamond was much too expensive, especially since it had a lackluster appearance.
Which definition is used in the sentence?
What is definition 1: lacking brilliance or radiance; dull?
Blind justice was not on his side. This figure of speech means-
A. the situation was unfair
B. he lost fairly
C. the justice of the peace was blind
D. the judge was against him
What is the situation was unfair?
A
The protagonist is the -
What is the main character?
The word that has a root meaning to hear is-
A. hydraulic
B. megaphone
C. telegraph
D. audible
What is audible?
D
Based on your knowledge of affixes, the word biofuel is best defined as-
A. Fuel that comes from water
B. Fuel that comes from living matter
C. Fuel that comes from the sun
D. Fuel made from recycled plastic
What is fuel that comes from living matter?
B
n1.anything that serves to guide or direct in the solution of a problem, mystery, etc.
v. (used with object), clued, cluing.
3.to direct or point out by a clue.
Word Origin and History for clue
n.1590s, spelling variant of clew "a ball of thread or yarn," in this sense with reference to the one Theseus used as a guide out of the Labyrinth. The purely figurative sense of "that which points the way" is from 1620s. As something which a bewildered person does not have, by 1948.
v."to inform someone of the important facts," usually within, 1934, from clue (n.). Related: Clued ; cluing. Earlier in now-obsolete sense of "followor track by clues" (1660s). In nautical use, "to haul up (a sail) by means of the clue-lines," from clue (n.) in the "wound ball of yarn" sense.
Which is not a word/meaning that clue is derived from?
A. a mystery
B. to haul up a sail on a sailboat
C. a ball of thread or yarn
D. a guide to the labyrinth
What is a mystery?
A
"All the world's a stage And all the men and women merely players; They have their exits and their entrances;"
William Shakespeare: As you like it
What does Shakespeare most likely mean with this figure of speech?
A. life doesn't have meaning
B. life is lived for a short time, we all have birth and death
C. death is like a play, coming from behind the curtain
D. life is just performance without interaction with real people
What is B?
The climax
What is the point of most interest, answer to the big questions, turning point?
Which set of words relate to being around or about.
A. Deformed, defoliate, descend, depress
B. Circumflex, circumference, circa, circumscribe
C. Lunatic, lunate, lunation, lunacy
spectate, spectacular, spector, speculate
What is B?
Which root word deals with time?
A. Tele
B. Meter
C. Chron
D. Ped
What is chron?
C
[mel-uh n-kol-ee]
n. plural melancholies. 1. a gloomy state of mind, especially when habitual or prolonged; depression. 2.sober thoughtfulness; pensiveness.
adj. 4.affected with, characterized by, or showing melancholy; mournful; depressed: a melancholy mood.5.causing melancholy or sadness; saddening: a melancholy occasion.6.soberly thoughtful; pensive.
1275-1325; Middle English melancholie < Late Latin melancholia < Greek melancholía condition of having black bile, equivalent to melan- melan- + chol(ḗ) bile + -ia -ia
The etymology of melancholy is-
Choose all that apply.
A. LL
B. OE
C. ME
D. G
E. L
What is ME, LL, and G?
C A D
My grandpa was teaching me how to drive, but everytime I accelerated, he'd say, "Easy does it."
What does grandpa mean?
What is slow down?
A dynamic character
What is a character who changes in the story?
Martha forgot to pay for her carton sodas, as they were underneath the shopping cart. She realizes it when she reaches her car to load her groceries. She is embarrassed and guilty, but she doesn't have much money. She isn't sure whether to go back in to pay for it, or just go home and not say anything.
The conflict is best described as-
What is internal, character vs. self
Choose the best answer(s) below: Which root word relates directly to people.
A. Test
B. Dem
C. Phon
D. Man
What is dem?
B
n. plural radios. 1.wireless telegraphy or telephony: speeches broadcast by radio.
2. an apparatus for receiving or transmitting radio broadcasts.
3. a message transmitted by radio.
adj. 4.pertaining to, used in, or sent by radio.5.pertaining to or employing radiations, as of electrical energy.verb (used with object), radioed, radioing. 6.to transmit (a message, music, etc.) by radio. 7.to send a message to (a person) by radio.verb (used without object), radioed, radioing. 8.to transmit a message, music, etc., by radio.
1910-15; shortening of radiotelegraph or radiotelegraphy
< French, combining form representing Latin radius beam, ray, radius
The word radio, comes which word?
A. transmit
B. radius
C. telegraphy
D. broadcast
What is radius?
B
Amy thought she'd save time by cutting corners, but then her project fell apart on the bus.
What does cutting corners mean?
What is doing the job poorly to save time and money?
What is a static character?
When Jim told me he had won the lottery, I thought he was pulling my leg. Then I saw the ticket!
What does the idiom mean?
What is tricking or fooling someone?
Based on your knowledge of roots, the word emigrate means to wander or move away from.
True
False
What is true?
Emigrate means to move away from a country to live permanently in another.
Markus was furious when he received the phony sneakers in the mail; he had paid $500 for bonafide jordans signed by his favorite player.
Which two words are antonyms for bonafide?
A. fraudulent
B. authentic
C. genuine
D. imitation
E. legitmate
What are fraudulent and imitation?
A and D
Ben forgot to pay for his field trip; by the time he brought in the check, he had already missed the boat.
What does the idiom mean?
What is missed the opportunity or it's too late?
What is the difference between mood and tone?
Mood is the feeling the reader gets from the work
Tone is the feeling the author has toward the work
Tim saw Kara for the first time in months at a party for a friend. They had had a huge fight and hadn't spoken since. As he approached her, Kara rolled her eyes, but he decided to attempt a conversation anyway. It was time for this fight to be water under the bridge.
What does the idiom mean?
What is let it stay in the past or be forgotten?