Vocabulary Review

Standards R1.1, R1.2, and R1.3

Standard R1.1

• Identify idioms, analogies, metaphors, and similes in prose and poetry.

Idioms

• An idiom is an expression that has a meaning different from the meaning of its individual words.

• Example:– Go to the dogs = to be ruined– Read the riot act = give a lecture to

Match the idioms to the correct meaning.

• Bury the hatchet

• Stick to your ribs

• Make up your mind

• Change your tune

• Shape up or ship out

• Hold your tongue

• Improve your behavior or leave

• Make a decision

• Don’t say anything

• Satisfy you

• Forget about past problems

• Adjust your attitude

Match the idioms to the correct meaning.

• Bury the hatchet

• Stick to your ribs

• Make up your mind

• Change your tune

• Shape up or ship out

• Hold your tongue

• Forget about past problems

• Satisfy you

• Make a decision

• Adjust your attitude

• Improve your behavior or leave

• Don’t say anything

Similes and Metaphors

• Similes are comparisons between two seemingly unlike items that use the words like or as.

• Metaphors are comparisons between two seemingly unlike items that don’t use the words like or as.

Similes and Metaphors

• The rain felt like small kisses on Rosemary’s face.

• The moon was a ball of green cheese.

• My cousin’s baby is a perpetual motion machine.

• When Evan blushes, his round face is like a stop sign.

• The news was as shocking as a thousand volts of electricity.

Similes and Metaphors • The rain felt like small kisses on Rosemary’s face.

Simile• The moon was a ball of green cheese.

Metaphor• My cousin’s baby is a perpetual motion machine.

Metaphor• When Evan blushes, his round face is like a stop sign.

Simile• The news was as shocking as a thousand volts of

electricity.

Simile

Analogy

• An analogy is an extended, point by point comparison between to seemingly unlike items.

• Example: School is like a prison. The classrooms are jail cells and the teachers are the guards.

Standard R1.2

• Use knowledge of Greek, Latin, and Anglo-Saxon roots and affixes to understand content-area vocabulary.

Prefixes

• A prefix is a word part that appears at the beginning of a root or base word to form a new word.

• A prefix usually changes the meaning of a root or base word.

Match the prefix to the correct meaning.

• Ex- export• In- inappropriate • Pre- preview• Re- rebound• Un- unhappy • Mis- misguide• Mono- monosyllabic• Bi- bicycle• Tri- triplets

• One• Before• Out, from• Three• Again• Not• Wrong• Two• In, into, not

Match the prefix to the correct meaning.

• Ex- export• In- inappropriate • Pre- preview• Re- rebound• Un- unhappy • Mis- misguide• Mono- monosyllabic• Bi- bicycle• Tri- triplets

• Out, from• In, into, not• Before• Again• Not• Wrong • One• Two • Three

Roots

• Many English words contain roots that come from older languages like Latin, Greek, or Anglo-Saxon.

• A root is a base word that contains the core meaning of the word.

Match the roots to the correct meaning.

• Cred credible• Frag fragment• Loc local• Graph graphic, graffiti • Log logic, logo• Micro microcomputer• Phon phonics• Phot photographer• Tele telephone

• Far, distant• Break• Word or study• Write or draw• Sound• Light• Place• Believe or trust• Small

Match the roots to the correct meaning.

• Cred credible• Frag fragment• Loc local• Graph graphic, graffiti • Log logic, logo• Micro microcomputer• Phon phonics• Phot photographer• Tele telephone

• Believe or trust• Break• Place • Write or draw• Word or study • Small• Sound • Light• Far, distant

Suffixes

• A suffix is a word part that appears at the end of the word to form a new word

• Some suffixes do not change the word meaning.

Tell what the suffix means

• -s, -es

• -ed, -en

• -ing

• -er, -est

• -ly

• -less

• -able

Tell what the suffix means

• -s, -es makes a word plural

• -ed, -en makes a word past tense

• -ing shows ongoing action

• -er, -est degree of comparison

• -ly changes to adverb

• -less without; lacking

• -able inclined to; able to be

Standard R1.3

• Clarify word meanings through the use of definition, example, restatement, or contrast.

Use context clues to determine the meaning of the underlined words.

1. For your persuasive argument to be effective, you need to

convince your audience with facts, statistics, and examples.

2. Climbing the rocky hill made me falter, and I almost fell.

3. Your behavior has earned my mistrust; I don’t have any confidence in you.

4. Based on his recollection, they had met last month at the dog park. However, his memory was not as good as it used to be.

5. Dan is a compassionate person. His words and actions show how kind-hearted he is.

Use context clues to determine the meaning of the underlined words.

1. Effective: working, worthwhile

2. Falter: misstep, slip

3. Mistrust: doubt, untrust

4. Recollection: memory, what you can recall

5. Compassionate: caring, kind-hearted