Suffixes -ism, -ic, and -ive

having the characteristics of a hero or heroine; very brave.

• dramatic

• heroism

• heroic

• artistic

(of an event or circumstance) sudden and striking

• dramatic

• defensive

• secretive

• perspective

a spoken or written account of connected events; a story.

• comic

• realism

• kenetic

• narrative

Tags

CCSS.L.4.6

CCSS.RI.3.4

CCSS.RI.4.4

CCSS.RI.5.4

CCSS.W.4.2D

an individual animal, plant, or single-celled life form.

• representative

• organism

• kinetic

• atomic

Tags

CCSS.L.1.6

CCSS.L.3.6

CCSS.L.K.5A

very anxious to challenge or avoid criticism

• defensive

• realism

• executive

• deflective

Tags

CCSS.L.1.6

CCSS.L.3.6

CCSS.L.4.6

CCSS.RL.1.4

When put in alphabetical order which word comes first?

• executive

• comic

• capitalism

• kinetic

Tags

CCSS.RF.K.1B

When put into alphabetical order which word comes last?

• historic

• realism

• federalism

• representative

Tags

CCSS.RF.K.1B

to be appointed to act or speak for someone else

• historic

• heroic

• defensive

• representative

The word that contains an affix that makes real into a word that means “associated with being real” is —

• realistic

• relative

• really

• unreal

Tags

CCSS.L.3.4B

CCSS.L.3.4C

CCSS.RF.3.3A

CCSS.RF.4.3A

CCSS.RF.5.3A

great bravery.

• realism

• fakism

• heroism

• heroic

Tags

CCSS.L.2.4B

CCSS.L.2.4C

CCSS.L.3.2E