Morphology
A letter or group of letters added to the end of a word to change its meaning.
What is a suffix?
Mr. John is very wealthy. He owns a boat, a 10 bedroom house and a helicopter!
Wealthy means...
What is rich?
Where the story or passage takes place.
What is a setting?
A letter or group of letters added to the beginning of a word to change its meaning.
What is a prefix?
Mrs. Phillip is feeling blue, she is not talking to anyone and is not as happy as she normally is.
Feeling blue means....
what is feeling sad or upset?
A brief retelling of all of the important events in a story, usually 5 sentences long.
What is a summary?
The suffix that is added to the end of the word to change the meaning to Full of success
Success___
What is ful?
Ryan is sluggish today, he is not walking fast, he is yawning and very tired.
Sluggish means...
What is slow?
Words that are put in bold to separate information in story and make it easier to find and understand.
What is a heading.
Before I get home I need you to ___heat the oven.
What is pre?
I was up all night studying for the IFA. I did not get a lot of sleep, I am exhausted!
Exhausted means..
What is tired or sleepy?
Using different words to shorten or better understand something someone said or something that was written down.
What is paraphrasing?
Before the IFA I need you to ___view your notes.
What is RE?
I have not eaten all day. My stomach is rumbling, I am starving!
Starving means....
What is hungry?
The page of a book where you can find a list of information in a book and where to find it.
What is a table of contents?