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The Beginning
The End
Even Our Speech Has Parts
To Be or Not To Be
Mix It Up
100
A common beginning attached to a root word.
What is a prefix?
100
A common ending attached to a root word
What is a suffix?
100
Person, place, thing, or idea
What is a noun?
100
A pattern of rhymes at the end of the line in poems
What is a rhyme scheme
100
The reason an author writes a text.
What is the author's purpose?
200
To do before
What does the prefix "pre-" mean?
200
Full of
What does the suffix "-ful" mean?
200
An action word
What is a verb?
200
A pair of lines that rhyme with one another
What is a couplet
200
The author wrote the text to make you laugh.
What is to entertain?
300
To do badly or wrong
What does the prefix "mis-" mean?
300
Able to do
What do the suffixes "-ible" and "-able" mean?
300
Words that describe verbs
What is adverbs
300
Figurative language that compares two unlike things and uses "like" or "as".
What is a simile?
300
The author wrote this text to give you information.
What is to inform?
400
The opposite of
What do the prefixes "dis-" and "un" mean?
400
Having the quality of or in that way.
What does the suffix "-ly" mean?
400
Words that describe nouns
What are adjectives
400
Figurative language that compares two unlike things and uses a form of "be" (am, are, is, was, were, will be)
What is a metaphor
400
The author wrote the text to try to change your mind
What is to persuade?
500
Not
What does the prefix "non-" and "in-" mean?
500
Indicating an action, process, or condition
What does the suffix "-ment" mean?
500
Words that can replace nouns
What are pronouns
500
A form of poetry that follows the syllabic sequence of 5-7-5 and generally talks about nature.
What is a haiku?
500
To give human characteristics to inanimate objects?
What is personification?