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Root Words
100
The Mayan civilization began in Central America. The words civilization and Central America represent what part of speech?
What are nouns?
100
My sister told me to "keep it under my hat"
What is an idiom?
100
It uses the pronoun I, me, or we.
What is first person?
100
A book of maps.
What is an atlas?
100
This root means "one"
What is mono?
200
This part of speech usually ends in "ly" and modifies the verb.
What is an adverb?
200
The cow had eyes like a flying saucer.
What is a simile
200
The narrator is not part of the story.
What is 3rd person objective?
200
I would search here for information on a particular subject. It is especially helpful if I am writing a report.
What is an encyclopedia?
200
This word is formed from the Greek root meaning "earth"
What is geographic?
300
He, she, it, him, her, they, and we are all types of this.
What are examples of pronouns?
300
My life is a spinning top. It just makes me dizzy.
What is a metaphor?
300
It will take you immediately into the story.
What is second person?
300
It helps the writer with word variety so they don't use the same word over and over.
What is thesaurus?
300
The Greek root for "light"
What is photo?
400
It show direction, location, and time.
What is a preposition?
400
I ate an ice cream cone that was a mile high.
What is a hyperbole?
400
It is similar to 1st person and the narrator reports the facts and interprets events from the perspective of a single character.
What is 3rd person limited?
400
The last name of the author always comes first?
What is works cited?
400
The Greek root for "heat".
What is therm?
500
The car traveled down the highway. The word "car" is what part of sentence structure?
What is the subject of the sentence?
500
He viewed the world through rose colored glasses.
What is a idiom?
500
I am the all knowing narrator who watches from another world. Additionally, I can relate the thoughts and feelings of any character.
What is 3rd person omniscient?
500
(Kessler 22)
What is works cited within a text?
500
The Greek root for "book"
What is biblio?