Bellringer: Word Analysis

Which of the following words is derived from

the name of the Greek god of sleep? (P1)

• labyrinthian

• titanic

• hypnotic

• geocentric

Tags

CCSS.L.4.4B

CCSS.L.5.4B

CCSS.L.6.4B

CCSS.L.7.4B

CCSS.L.8.4B

Which word from “Those Winter Sundays” is derived from a Greek word meaning time? (A2)

• labor

• weather

• thanked

• chronic

Tags

CCSS.L.4.4B

CCSS.L.5.4B

CCSS.L.6.4B

CCSS.L.7.4B

CCSS.L.8.4B

Speaking indifferently to him,

who had driven out the cold

In which sentence does driven have the same meaning as it does in the lines above? (BB1)

• Shanda had driven for three hours to get to the reunion.

• By noon the sun had driven away the fog.

• Once he had driven in the nail, Karl hung the picture.

• The coachman had driven the horses all night.

Tags

CCSS.L.5.5C

Which of these words connotes the concept of rights? (B4)

• inhabitant

• visitor

• resident

• citizen

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.5B

CCSS.L.9-10.5B

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.11-12.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

Which of the following words is derived

from the mythological name of the Greek

god of fear? (B1)

• oceanic

• cosmetic

• phobic

• psychic

Tags

CCSS.L.4.4B

CCSS.L.5.4B

CCSS.L.6.4B

CCSS.L.7.4B

CCSS.L.8.4B