1. Vocab Minute week 4
Sept 12- Sept 16

2. September 12 page 19 Write the definition and answer the questions.
Climax- (n) the most intense, exciting, or important point of something
In the climax of the movie… _________________________________ (tell what could happen)
Theme- (n) the central or universal idea in a story, or the main idea of an essay.
A Theme of the Three Little Pigs could be… ________________________________.
Exposition- (n) literary device used to introduce background information about events, settings, characters etc. to the audience or readers.
What sort of information would you learn about a character in the exposition of a story?

3. September 13
Context Clues:
Write each word where it belongs.

4. September 14
Prefix: For each prefix, give 2 examples of words with that prefix.
Auto- Self
Dent- Tooth
Dict- Say/Speak

5. September 15 Roots 1. Telegram 2. Grammar Gram (latin)- Letter/writing
Word Roots are like the roots of a family tree. Your family tree shows where you came from, so word roots show the meaning of a word based on the language it came from.
Based on the shared root, what do the following words mean?
Gram (latin)- Letter/writing
1. Telegram
2. Grammar