Suffixes
Parts of Speech
Roots
Prefixes
Book Elements
100
Add this suffix to show the condition of.
What is -dom?
100
This is a person, place, thing, or idea.
What is a noun?
100
What is the root word for water?
Aqua
100
En-, Em-
What is to cause to be, to put into, or to go into or onto?
100
This is the most exciting part of any story.
What is the climax?
200
Add this suffix to show the state of or quality of something.
What is -ity?
200
This part of speech is an occurrence or state of being.
What is a verb?
200
This root means to put in motion or the process of doing.
What is act?
200
the prefix fore- means_____
what is before or earlier?
200
This is the lesson, or moral, of a story.
What is theme?
300
These suffixes show what something is related to or characterized by.
What is -al/-ial?
300
This part of speech modifies a noun.
What is an adjective?
300
This root means to send.
What is an mit?
300
The prefix de- means____
what is reduce down and away from?
300
This is the feeling, or emotion of a story.
What is mood?
400
This prefix means the state/the quality/the condition.
What is -hood?
400
This part of speech modifies (describes) any other part of speech, but is usually used to modify a verb. This part of speech usally ends in -ly.
What is an adverb?
400
These roots mean to lead.
What is duct and duc?
400
The prefix trans- means______
What is across, change, or through?
400
The author's reason for writing a story is also called this.
What is author's purpose?
500
These prefixes mean the causing of a specific action.
What is -ent/-ant?
500
This part of speech links nouns, pronouns and phrases to other words in a sentence. "Under" is an example.
What is a preposition?
500
This type of root means hand.
What is man?
500
Di- and dia- are prefixes that mean_____
What is two, through, or across?
500
This is a note at the bottom of a page, marked with a number, that gives more information about a word, date, or event.
What is a footnote?