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Prefix Meanings
Writing Clues
Literary Devices
Find the Prefix
Mix It Up!
100
This prefix means "more than normal, too much!
What is hyper?
100
An expository and personal narrative essay.
What are the two types of essays on the STAAR test?
100
For example: The tall oak trees whispered to me as I went by the forest.
What is an example of personification?
100
She looked at the criminal with malice in her eyes.
What is mal from malice?
100
This is a literary device where words, sounds and/or ideas are used more than once to create emphasis.
What is repetition?
200
This means across
What is trans?
200
The thesis statement.
What is the most important sentence in the first paragraph of your essay?
200
For example: The searing fire burned the wood as hot as lava.
What is a simile?
200
The intrastate highway ran across the country.
What is intra?
200
This is usually about nature and is written in sets of three lines, with a 5/7/5 beat - tap it out!
What is a Haiku?
300
This prefix means half or partly ....think of a circle....
What is semi?
300
This is a two word phrase that tells what is needed at the end of the paper - if not, Ms. Sherman writes "TMM" - tell me more!!!!
What is a strong conclusion?
300
This device explains the character's reasons for their actions.
What is motivation?
300
He was wearing his bifocal lenses.
What is bi from bifocal?
300
This is a literary tool we use that analyzes what you know, what you want to know and what you have learned.
What is The K - W - L Learning Strategy?
400
This prefix means before..in civil war times...
What is ante?
400
These are never allowed in formal writing papers!
What are contractions?
400
This compares two things without using like or as.
What is a metaphor?
400
The ship was going to circumvent the harbor for one last view.
What is circum from circumvent?
400
These are the three items that are due each week on Wednesday, Thursday and then Friday for our Prefix Unit.
What are sentences, flashcards and a quiz?
500
This prefix means kind or good....
What is bene?
500
These two things are done in our class to make our final copy better and become ROCKSTAR!!!
What are Peer Editing and Rough Drafts?
500
This is the highest point of the story, sometimes referred to as "the top of the mountain"!
What is the climax?
500
Her favorite lipstick is now discontinued.
What is dis from discontinued?
500
This uses two circles to compare and contrast two items as well as telling what they also have in common.
What is a Venn Diagram?