Prefixes, Roots, Stems
How often do you do something if you SELDOM do it?
Not very often.
The root of the word tractor is tract, as in subtract. What does TRACT mean?
To pull or drag.
What type of figurative language is this: Life is a walking shadow.
Metaphor.
What is the main character of a story called--and what is the person he fights called?
Protagonist / antagonist
What is the order of events in a story called?
The plot or sequence of events.
What do the roots CED and GRESS mean?
Go.
What does subtract literally mean?
What type of figurative language is this: The sun smiled on the sunbathers.
Personification.
What do you call a character that changes throughout the story?
Dynamic.
A text the explains why something happened and what the results of it happening is organized by ____ & ____.
Cause and effect
The root of the word erupt is RUPT. What does it mean?
Break or burst.
If a benevolent person is good, what is a bad person?
Malevolent.
"MAP testing is FOR THE BIRDS." For the birds is an idiomatic expression or ____.
Idiom.
What do you call a character that stays the same throughout the story?
Static
A text that shows how things are similar and different is organized by ______ & ______.
Compare / contrast
The root of the word vision is VIS, as in revise. What does it mean?
To see or look.
In "Mother to son" the mother uses colloquialisms when she says "I'se" and "a-climbin". What is colloquial language?
SLANG or ACCENTS (expressions that are not grammatically correct).
What do you call a story that is told using "He" and "She" to refer to the protagonist?
A text that follows a timeline is organized by _____.
Chronology
What does one do when they revise?
Look again.
Break the world uncomfortable into its prefix, root, and suffix.
UN / COMFORT/ ABLE
What is it called when figurative language creates a VISUAL or SHOWS YOU what is happening.
IMAGERY
What do you call the author's attitude / the feeling of the text?
What doe authors usually use to develop a text's theme?
Figures of speech / recurring image or word(s)