The Beginning
A common beginning attached to a root word.
What is a prefix?
A common ending attached to a root word
What is a suffix?
Person, place, thing, or idea
What is a noun?
One who teaches
What is a teacher
To do before
What does the prefix "pre-" mean?
pretest
preheat
Full of
What does the suffix "-ful" mean?
careful
helpful
successful
An action word
What is a verb?
One who acts
Who is an actor
The author wrote the text to make you laugh.
What is to entertain?
To do badly or wrong
What does the prefix "mis-" mean?
misinformed
miscommunication
Able to do
What do the suffixes "-ible" and "-able" mean?
responsible
agreeable
hospitable
Words that describe verbs
What is adverbs
Name an abstract noun.
Name a concrete noun.
What is a simile?
The author wrote this text to give you information.
What is to inform?
The opposite of
What do the prefixes "dis-" and "un" mean?
disagree
unacceptable
unhealthy
Having the quality of or in that way.
What does the suffix "-ly" mean?
carefully
quickly
immediately
Words that describe nouns
What are adjectives
The Message of the story.
The moral, or lesson, of the story
(the BIG IDEA: what the author is trying to teach you)
What is Theme / Central Message
The author wrote the text to try to change your mind
What is to persuade?
Not
What does the prefix "non-" and "in-" mean?
non-living
non-factor
non-issue
We need to take steps to make sure you two have a good day together.
Take steps: Literal or Non-Literal
What is non-literal.
Words that can replace nouns
There are 23 of them!
What are pronouns
To explain/describe how two things/characters are alike
To explain/describe how thing things/characters are different
What is compare?
What is contrast?
To give human characteristics to inanimate objects?
What is personification?
The wind howled during the rain storm.
The car groaned down the road.