Class Vocab
Roots
Grammar
Sentence Structure
MStep Vocab
100

Discard means

What is to throw away?

100

The root that means 10

What is Deca?

100

Apostrophes show this

What is possession?

100

I want to go to the party, but I have too much homework

What type of sentence is this?

What is compound sentence?

100

A word or phrase that is opposite in meaning to another word or phrase in the same language

What is an antonym? 

200

Melancholy means

What is sadness?

200

Root that means all

What is omni?

200

A word that looks like a verb, but acts as a noun. It usually ends in -ing

What is a Gerund?

200

I baked cookies for my friends.

What is the indirect object?

What is my friends?

200
An additional element placed at the beginning or end of a root, stem, or word, or in the body of a word, to modify its meaning.


What is an affix?

300

Perpetual

What is repeating/never-ending

300

The root that means time

What is chron?

300

This connects a sentence's subject to a noun, pronoun, or adjective that describes or identifies it, rather than showing action. Examples: are, am, is, were, etc..

What is a linking verb?

300

My brother, who lives in New York, is a chef.

The italicized portion is what kind of clause?

What is a nonrestrictive clause?

300

DAILY DOUBLE 2X

What does implicit mean? What does explicit mean?

Implicit is something that's understood without being said directly

Explicit is when something is said or shown very clearly, leaving no doubt.  

400
Dichotomy means

What is division?

400

The root that means the study of

What is ology?

400

If you are ill, you ought to see a doctor.

What type of clause is the italicized clause 

What is an introductory clause?

400

What type of sentence is this?

Although I like camping, I haven't had time, so I haven't gone lately.

What is compound-complex?

400

The central, arguable thesis statement in an essay or debate that asserts a specific position, opinion, or conclusion

What is a claim?

500

Ubiquitous 

What is  widespread?

500

The root that means between

What is inter?

500

This punctuation mark is used to indicate a pause, typically between two independent clauses.

What is a semicolon?

500

the idea that when two or more words, phrases, or clauses are linked, they should share the same structure.

What is parallelism?

500

To deduce or conclude (information) from evidence and reasoning rather than from explicit statements.

What is an inference?