Prefixes
This prefix means before.
Pre
Let's peer around the corner to make sure no one is coming.
Her smile was a mile wide.
hyperbole
True or False? Zedediah Applewhite is the patriarch of the Applewhite clan?
True
Correct the following sentence.
Please check the lost and found rack. After thanksgiving break the clothes will go to the kindness closet.
Identify the prefix in the word reprint and define it.
Re
to print again
What does the word current mean
The current issue of Space Frontiers magazine features some spectacular photographs of the Whirlpool Galaxy.
new, up to date
Identify the figurative language.
The story jumped off the page.
Personification
In Surviving the Applewhites, could we describe Jake as obedient?
Not true-disobedient
Is the following a fragment or complete sentence.
Because it was raining.
Fragment
This prefix means wrong
Mis
What does weary mean in the following sentence.
Colton was tired from a long day of playing ball outside. By dinner time is was so weary that he had to be excused from the table.
Tired
Identify the type of figurative language in the sentence below.
Bill bought a broken bike.
What does Jeremy Bernstein realize when sitting at the dinner table with the Applewhites?
He realizes they are all related and have literary contributions.
Is the following a complete sentence or fragment? What type of figurative language displayed.
Sassy Sarah slammed the door and left.
Complete Sentence
Alliteration
Hyper
When Bessie Coleman decided to become a pilot, she had to travel to France to get her license. No flying schools in the U.S. were willing to teach an African American woman. But she earned her license in 1921 and soon became well known for her skills. She began performing stunts at air shows. People called her "Brave Bessie." She thrilled crowds with daring maneuvers like figure eights and loop the loops.
movement that requires skill
Identify the figurative language.
The hissing of the cat was barely audible.
Jake tripped over Winston and fell. The overwhelming impulse to boot the dog out into the hall vanished. Jake reach down and rubbed the dog behind his ears.
What is this action showing about Jake?
Correct the following sentence.
The hudson city school district will dismiss students at 1:15 on wedenesday.
Hudson City School District
Wednesday
This prefix means heat.
Therm
Devin decided that he would work to protect sea turtles. Once a month, he and his family went to the beach to pick up trash. Then Devin told his friends about the project and recruited them to help, too. Soon, there were twenty people at the monthly cleanup days!
get someone to join a group,
Identify the figurative language.
Time is money.
Metaphor
What are the strategies you can use to help figure out an unfamiliar word?
Look at the definition, find a synonym, antonym or make an inference.