Prefix Power
What does the prefix pro- mean?
Before
Events told in the order they happened are called…
Chronological Order
Which word fits:
“The knight was ____ in battle.”
kneed / need / knead
Kneed
What part of speech is quickly?
→ adverb
Which register is used in essays for school: standard or colloquial?
→ standard
Which word means “fear of numbers”?
A. bibliophobia
B. arithmophobia
C. siderophobia
Arithmophobia
A scene showing a memory from the past is called…
Flashback
Fill the blanks:
“The runner could see his blue ____ and felt very ____ about winning.”
(vain / vane / vein)
→ vein, vain
Which word is a pronoun?
she / happiness / run
→ she
Change to standard English:
“Gonna”
→ going to
A person afraid of ___________ has apiophobia. What are they afraid of?
bees/ wasps
A hint about something that will happen later is…
Foreshadowing
Explain what a homophone is and give one example.
same sound, different spelling & meaning (e.g., past/passed)
Correct the sentence:
“i am terrified of bees” said Amir
“I am terrified of bees,” said Amir.
Which opening type is this?
“Run!” screamed Maya as the door burst open.
A. Action opening
B. Speech opening
C. Cliché opening
Speech opening
Explain what does it mean by claustrophobia.
A fear of small, enclosed spaces.
What is the difference between a prologue and an epilogue?
prologue = beginning introduction,
epilogue = ending conclusion
What is a homograph, and give an example.
Homographs are spelt the same, sometimes sound the same, sometimes different.
Example: Bat and Bat, an animal bat, and a baseball bat.
Find THREE mistakes:
the antisocial boy had a fear of books called bibliphobia and he past the library quickly.
the should be - The
bibliophobia (spelling)
passed (not past)
What is the difference between dialogue and narrator?
→ dialogue = characters speaking; narrator = voice telling the story
What is a word with the prefix "anti" that means: can kill germs?
Antiseptic
A story begins with a funeral, then jumps back to the character’s childhood.
Is the structure chronological or non-chronological? Explain.
Non-chronological,
because events are not in time order
Explain the difference between there, their, and they’re.
there – giving the direction
their – belonging to them (possessive)
they’re – contraction of they are
In the sentence:
“Although he was shivering, he continued walking bravely.”
Name FOUR different parts of speech.
conjunction (although),
verb (walking),
adverb (bravely),
adjective (shivering)
What does paraphrasing mean?
→ rewriting in your own words