PREFIXES, ROOTS, SUFFIXES

let go = fired.

This is an example of which type of figure of speech that makes something bad sound good.

• dysphemism

• euphemsim

• alliteration

• simile

Tags

CCSS.L.9-10.5A

boneyard=cemetery.

This is an example of __________, which makes something sound bad or worse than it really is.

• dysphemism

• euphemism

• oxymoron

• simile

Tags

CCSS.L.9-10.5A

In the word, intermediate, what does the underlined root mean?

• top

• lowest

• middle

Tags

CCSS.L.4.4B

CCSS.L.5.4B

CCSS.L.6.4B

CCSS.L.7.4B

CCSS.L.8.4B

In the word, abyssmal, the underlined root means ________

• low

• high

• middle

Tags

CCSS.L.4.4B

CCSS.L.5.4B

CCSS.L.6.4B

CCSS.L.7.4B

CCSS.L.8.4B

In the following words, what do the underlined prefixes mean?

anaerobic, irresponsible, nonfat, unstable

• with

• bad

• not

• together

Tags

CCSS.L.3.4B

CCSS.RF.3.3A

CCSS.RF.3.3B

CCSS.RF.4.3A

CCSS.RF.5.3A

In the following words, the prefix means___________

collision, concert, syllabus, synonym

• together

• without

• against

Tags

CCSS.L.3.4B

CCSS.L.3.4C

CCSS.RF.3.3A

CCSS.RF.4.3A

CCSS.RF.5.3A

A person who believes in the political or social equality of all people.

This is a __________

• autocrat

• aristocrat

• bureaucrat

• democrat

Tags

CCSS.L.2.4B

CCSS.L.2.4C

CCSS.L.3.2E

A benign tumor is a good or bad tumor?

• good

• bad

Tags

CCSS.L.3.4B

CCSS.L.3.4C

CCSS.RF.3.3B

CCSS.RF.4.3A

CCSS.RF.5.3A

In the word evidence, what is the meaning of the underlined root?

evidence

• middle

• water

• see

• body

Tags

CCSS.L.4.4B

CCSS.L.5.4B

CCSS.L.6.4B

CCSS.L.7.4B

CCSS.L.8.4B

In geometry, 2 figures that are the same size are ___________

• parallel

• round

• congruent

• diagonal

Tags

CCSS.8.G.A.2