Vocab Prologue

Where can you find a prefix?

• beginning of a word

• middle of a word

• end of a word

• the entire word

Where can you find a suffix?

• Beginning of a word

• Middle of a word

• End of a word

• The entire word

Prefixes and suffixes (affixes) can be added to these.

• Prefixes

• Suffixes

• Bases

A word that means almost the same as another word.

• synonym

• antonym

• literal

• figuratice

A word that means the opposite of another word.

• Synonym

• Antonym

• Literal

• Figurative

When a word is used in its strict, accurate meaning, it is being used in a _________way.

• Synonym

• Antonym

• Literal

• Figurative

When a word is used in a nonliteral way, it is being used in a ___________ way.

• Synonym

• Antonym

• Literal

• Figurative

A word's feeling or emotions that it causes in a reader is its _____________________.

• Literal

• Figuratve

• Connotation

• Denotation

The dictionary definition of a word.

• Literal

• Figurative

• Connotation

• Denotation

A context clue that consists of a word or phrase the means the opposite of an unfamiliar word.

• Example clue

• Restatement clue

• Inference clue

• Contrast clue