2 pt 3 pt 4 pt 5pt 1 pt 2 pt 3 pt 4 pt 5 pt 1 pt 2pt 3 pt 4pt 5 pt 1pt 2pt 3 pt 4 pt 5 pt 1 pt 2 pt 3 pt 4pt 5 pt 1pt Prefix and Suffix Different Forms of Writing Roots Writing Techniques Writing Terms
What is the difference between a prefix and a suffix?
A prefix is added to the beginning of a word and a suffix is added to the end.
The prefix “micro” means what?
small
The suffix “ed” makes the word what?
Past tense
True or False: The suffixes “er” and “est” are comparing suffixes.
True
What does the suffix “ology” mean?
study, science
True or False: An autobiography is a writer’s story of another persons life.
False, That’s a biography
A book length with several characters is a/an… A.Play B.Novel C.Fantasy
B. Novel
Where would you usually find an editorial?
A newspaper or magazine
What is a form that uses dialogue to tell a story and is meant to be preformed in front of an audience?
A play
A short story that often uses talking animals as the main characters and teaches a lesson or moral called?
A fable
What is the root of the word “auditorium”?
aud
True or False: The word “factory” has root in it.
True “Fact”
If “fract” means break, what does fracture mean?
To break
True or False: Roots can be at the beginning, middle, and end or a word.
True
If “lum” means light, what does illuminate mean?
To light up
True or False: a metaphor compares two things using like or as
False
What is a symbol?
An object used to stand for an idea
True or False: An understatement is the opposite of an exaggeration.
true
What is irony?
A technique that uses a word or phrase to mean the opposite of its normal meaning
Local color is: A.The use of details hat are common in a certain place or local area B.A phrase that gives humor
A.
True or False: Synonyms and antonyms are opposites
True
How the author writes is the…
Style
The writers’ attitude toward their subject is their…
tone
Words, phrases, or clauses that describe another word are…
modifiers
What is a denotation?
The dictionary meaning of a word