Question 1

What is a multisyllabic word?

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Words that have more than one syllable. Each time your mouth opens, is a syllable, or each time your chin hits your hand, it is a syllable.

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Words with one sound

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Words that sound the same

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Words that have different meanings

Question 2

What is an example of a multisyllabic word?

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an / i / mal

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/ dog/

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cat

Question 3

What is a homophone?

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Words that sound the same, are spelled differently, and have different meanings.

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Words with opposite meanings

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Words with similar meanings

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Words that have the same spelling

Question 4

What is an example of a set of homophones?

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be/bee

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read/read

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hot/cold

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pre-/re-

Question 5

What are root words?

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Words that can stand by themselves and still have a meaning in the sentence.

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Words with same meanings.

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Words that are added to the end or beginning of a word.

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Words that describe a root word.

Question 6

What is an example of a root word?

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color in colorful

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re in redo

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pre in preheat

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ing in reading

Question 7

What are affixes?

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Prefixes and Suffixes

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Verbs

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Homophones

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Root words

Question 8

What is an example of prefixes and suffixes?

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re, pre, ing, ly

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ing, swim

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color, run, ing

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base word

Question 9

What is a synonym?

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Words with similar meanings.

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Words added to words.

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Words that have more than one syllable.

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Words that sound the same.

Question 10

What is an example of synonyms?

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cold, freezing

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hot, cold

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clean, messy

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up, down,

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