Prefixes and Suffixes
What does the suffix -FUL mean in the word beautiful?
Full of
Who is the actor in a drama?
The character; the person in the play
What does the R in ARMS refer to?
Remove a word or phrase in a revise passage
What is the purpose of a caption?
It tells you more information about the photograph or picture.
Change the following word to its plural form
KNIVES
What does the word inactive mean?
not active; not being used
What is imagery?
Using your 5 senses to paint a picture in your mind
Fix the following sentence: My dad said "I love to play baseball with you!"
add a comma after the word said
How is an information text different from a literary text?
What is a prompt? What do you use to answer your prompt?
What you are writing about, the question you answer; RACES
What is synonym for the word ecstatic?
excited, thrilled, overjoyed
How do you know if a story is a fable?
Animals are talking to each other
List the meanings of the acronyms CUPS and ARMS? When do you use CUPS and when do you use ARMS?
Capitalization, Usage, Punctuation, Spelling; Add, Remove, Move, Substitute; You use CUPS in an editing passage and you use ARMS in a revising passage
What is the purpose of a heading?
It tells the reader what the section is about.
What is an adjective?
Something that describes a noun
What is a suffix that means "without"
-less
What is the message a poet is trying to convey?
Theme
Fix the sentence: The students they are a little too loud in class.
Remove the word they
In an argumentative text, the author's opinion is usually the what?
CLAIM
What is the difference between a SCR and an ECR
A SCR has only one piece of evidence and an ECR has two or more pieces of evidence
This prefix means "under" or "below"
sub-
What acronym can you use to help you make the best paraphrase of a literary text? And what does it stand for?
CSPS; Characters, Setting, Problem, Solution
How could this sentence be revised? It can for 21 days stay underwater at a time.
It can stay underwater for 21 days at a time.
What will help you write the best paraphrase for an informational text?
Using the BME graphic organizer with the Central Idea
What resource can you use on your STAAR test to find the meanings, pronunciations, and spelling of words you don't understand?
A DICTIONARY