Greek Word Roots
Life
Bio-
A person, place, or thing.
What is a noun?
The god of the sea and storms.
Who is Poseidon?
A complete set of words, typically consisting of a subject and an object.
What is a sentence?
The principal of Aldo Leopold Community School.
Who is Trina Lambert?
Self
Auto-
A word that modifies a verb.
What is an adverb?
The god of the sky and thunder.
Who is Zeus?
Consists of 1 independent clause.
What is a simple sentence?
Mario's evil counterpart/rival.
Who is Wario?
Outside
Exo-
A word that connects sentences or clauses.
What is a conjunction?
The goddess of beauty and love.
Who is Aphrodite?
Consists of 1 independent clause, and 2 or more dependent clauses.
What is a complex sentence?
Wisconsin's state flower.
What is the Wood Violet?
Marriage
-gam-
A word that interrupts.
What is an interjection?
The goddess of wisdom.
Who is Athena?
Consists of 2 or more independent clauses.
What is a compound sentence?
The capital of Alaska
What is Juneau?
Partial
Hemi-
A word that expresses relation to another word in the sentence.
What is a prepostion?
The god of smithing and fire.
Who is Hephaestus?
Consists of 2 or more independent clauses, and 1 or more dependent clauses.
What is a compound-complex sentence?
The phylum that includes: squids, clams, and snails.
What is Mollusca