-Contra, -Counter Prefix Review

_______ goes against your gut feeling or common sense.

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CCSS.L.6.4A

CCSS.L.6.4B

A weight used to balance an opposite weight is called ___________.

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CCSS.L.6.4A

CCSS.RI.6.4

What is it called when it is against the law to buy or sell illegal items?

• contrast

• contraband

• counterfeit

• contrarian

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CCSS.L.6.5C

CCSS.RI.6.4

Something that is completely different; opposite in nature, opinion, or action is called this.

When someone expresses the opposite idea it is called this.

• counterexample

• contrarian

• contradict

• counterbalance

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CCSS.L.6.5B

An example used to support a claim or statement that is the opposite of another claim or statmentis called, ​ (a)   _​

• counterexample
• counterbalance
• counterintuitive
• contrary

To look at different things to see how they are opposites or not related would be called, ________.

Which words describes the movie star who wore a ball gown to a barbeque at a park?

• conterintuitive

• counterfeit

• contrast

• contrarian

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CCSS.L.6.4A

CCSS.L.6.5C

CCSS.RL.6.4

The direction of the merry-go-round goes in the opposite direction of a clock. What is the word?

Something that is fake, artificial, or not real is called ​ (a)  

• counterfeit
• contraband
• contrast
• contradict

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CCSS.L.6.4A

CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RL.6.4