3rd nine weeks test (Englich)
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Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 idiom | an expression that is not literal |
| atmosphere | the overall mood or emotion of a work of literature |
| main idea | the most important idea expressed in a piece of writing |
| plot | the series of related events that make up a storyf |
| metaphor | an imaginatve comparison between two unlike things in which one thing is said to be another |
| mood | the overall emotion created in the reader by a work of literature |
| nonfiction | prose writing that deals wiht real people, events, and places without changin the facts |
| suspense | the uncertainty or anxiety the reader feels about what will happen next in a story |
| fiction | a prose account that is made up and is not true |
| setting | the time and place in which the events of a work of literature take place |
| simile | a compaison between two unlike things, using the following words: as, like, than, resembles |
| tone | the attitude a writer takes toward the audience, a subject, or a character |
| theme | the idea about life revealed in a work of literature |
| personification | a figure of speech in which a non-human thing of quality is talked about as if it were human |
| tri | three |
| triple | three times |
| triplets | three people born at the same time |
| tricycle | three wheel |
| tripod | three foot |
| triangle | three angles |
| trident | three teeth |
| trisyllabic | three syllables |
| trilinear | three lines |
| trilateral | three sides |
| tricolor | three colors |
| trilingual | three languages |
| trifocal | three focuses |
| triplicate | three copies |
| via | roads |
| trivia | three roads |
| trivial. | three roads. |
| quart | four |
| quartet | group of four |
| quarter | forth of a dollar |
| quadr. | four. |
| quadruplets | four people born at the same time |
| quadruplicate | four copies |
| quadruped | four feet |
| mano | hand |
| quadrumanous | four handed |
| deci | ten |
| decimeter | on tenth of a meter |
| decimal | counting by ten |
| December | tenth month (Rome) |
| decade | ten years |
| decathlon | ten contests |
| decapod | ten feet |
| cent | hundred |
| century | one hundred years |
| centurion | captain of 100 soldiers |
| centennial | birthday of 100 years |
| centenarian | 100 years old |
| hemi | half |
| sphere | circle |
| hemisphere | half circle |
| semi. | half. |
| semicircle. | half circle. |
| cemiconscious | half awake |
| aqua | water |
| semiquatic | half life in water |
| pan | all |
| pandemonium | all the demonds |
| theo | god |
| pantheon | all the gods |
| theology | study of the gods |
| acea | cure |
| panacea | all cure |
| panto. | all. |
| mime | acting |
| pantomime | all acting |
| amphi | around & both |
| amphitheater | around theater |
| bio | life |
| amphibious | (ADJ) able to live both lives |
| amphibian. | (N) able to live both lives. |
| multi | many |
| multiple. | many. |
| multimillions | many millions |
| lingu | languages |
| multilingual | many languages |
| poly.. | many.. |
| polysyllabic | many syllables |
| esia | islands |
| Polynesia | many islands |
| techn | skills |
| polytechnices | many skills |
| ambi | both |
| ambiguous | both answers |
| ambidextrous | both right hands |
| uni | one |
| verse | turn |
| google | 10 X 100 zeros |
| sol | sun |
| solar energy | energy from the sun |
| arium | place |
| solarium | sum place |
| para | ward off |
| parasol | ward off sun |
| helio. | sun. |
| heliocentric | sun centered |
| helium | sun gas |
| heliox | helium & oxygen |
| trope. | turn. |
| heliotrope | flower that turns towards the sun |
| pyr | fire |
| pyrex | fire proof glassware |
| pyre | huge funeral fire |
| pryrotechnis | fireworks |
| phobia | fear |
| pyrophobia | fear of fire |
| maniac | crazy |
| pyromaniac | fire crazy |
| torr | burn |
| torrent | (NOUN) heavy downfall |
| torrential | (ADJECTIVE) heavy downfall |
| torrid | very hot |
| therm | heat |
| thermal | keeps heat |
| thermos | a device for holding heat |
| meter | measure |
| thermometer | heat measure |
| stat | standerd |
| thermostat | heat standerd |
| ign. | fire. |
| ignite | fire making |
| ignition | starts you engine firing |
| holo | whole |
| caust | burnt |
| holocaust | whole burnt |
| flam | flame |
| flammable | able to flame |
| in | not or into |
| inflammable | able to burst into flame |
| son | a boy chld |
| sun | a bright star |
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