Greek & Latin Roots
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100

These words all use the root _ which means _

Septangular, September, septuagenarian, septillion, Septuagint

Sept - Seven

100

This word is used to describe a noun

Adjective

100

In this novel, characters' names are drawn at random, those drawn are placed in an arena to battle to the death. The winner will be given all the luxuries they could never afford.

The Hunger Games

100

This type of poem is famous for the shape it is written in.

Concrete Poetry

100

A _ _ or _ _ is like a road map for your essay, telling the reader what topics you will be writing about

Thesis statment/Controling Idea

200

What does the word "xenophobia" mean?

A fear of strangers

200

Punctuate the following sentence properly:

theres nowhere else id rather be than sitting in my backyard with a glass of sweet tea on a warm sunny afternoon

There’s nowhere else I’d rather be than sitting in my backyard with a glass of sweet tea on a warm, sunny afternoon.

200

In this play, characters are concerned by a power outage in the area. As they begin exploring possible causes for the outage, strange things start happening, like cars starting on their own, and lights coming on in select houses. The people fear ailens are responsible, and take matters into their own hands as a stranger approaches in the dark.

The Monsters are Due on Maple Street

200

Identify the rhyme scheme in the following poem by Edward Lear:

There was an Old Man with a beard,

Who said, 'It is just as I feared!

Two Owls and a Hen,

Four Larks and a Wren,

Have all built their nests in my beard!'


AABBA

300

Adding the root -i to the end of a word makes the word what?

plural 

300

Interrupters do what to the sentence, besides intrrupt them.

Add additional, nonessential details to the sentence

300

In this story, a boy is angry at his father and chooses not to go home on a rainy day. Instead, he goes to a run-down old building, where he makes unlikely friends with a homeless man who shows him his treasures and teaches the boy an important life lesson.

The Treasures of Lemon Brown

300

This poet is responsible for making the sonnet famous

William Shakespeare

400

These words all use the root _ which means _

Luminary, luminous, illuminate, luminiferous, superluminous

Lum - Light

400

Properly Punctuate the following sentence:

her spit wad hit the teacher who was looking straight at her

Her spit wad hit the teacher who was looking straight at her.

400

In this story, one character has been tasked with taking care of the other. Unfortunatly, the caretaker has a problem with the other character's "vulture eye"  and takes it upon himself to rid the world of the horrid eye. 

The Tell-Tale Heart

400

a short, five-line poem with just one stanza. These poems have an AABBA rhyme scheme and a bouncy rhythm. The subject matter of these poems is often whimsical and funny. From folk songs to nursery rhymes, these poems have been entertaining audiences for almost two centuries.

Limerick

500

What does the word "apogee" mean?

The highest point or peak in something

500

Punctuate the following sentence properly:

The events of her birthday were replayed as she looked through her phone her brothers toothy grin with one front tooth missing her best friends gift to her and her grandparents surprise visit from far away


The events of her birthday were replayed as she looked through her phone: her brother’s toothy grin (with one front tooth missing), her best friend’s gift to her, and her grandparents’ surprise visit from far away. 


500

In this story, characters gather together for a drawing, first the heads of families draw, then each member of the winning family draws. The person who draws the paper with a black dot on it is stoned. 

The Lottery

500

Identify the rhyme scheme in the excerpt from this poem by Abbie Farwell Brown:

How good to lie a little while

And look up through the tree!

The Sky is like a kind big smile

Bent sweetly over me.


The Sunshine flickers through the lace

Of leaves above my head,

And kisses me upon the face

Like Mother, before bed.

ABAB CDCD