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Middle School Vocabulary and Context Clues Jeopardy

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A middle school vocabulary review focused on context clues, roots, prefixes, suffixes, synonyms, antonyms, and figurative meaning. This is a Grades 6–8 English / ELA review game in a Jeopardy-style format: a teacher puts the board on one screen, teams pick clues by point value, and the class answers out loud — no student devices or accounts needed. Categories: Context Clues, Roots, Prefixes, Synonyms & Antonyms, Figurative Meaning.

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  • Context Clues

    'The arid desert receives very little rain.' Arid means this.

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    very dry

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  • Roots

    The root 'bio' relates to this.

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    life

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  • Prefixes

    The prefix 'pre-' means this.

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    before

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  • Synonyms & Antonyms

    A synonym for 'reluctant' is this.

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    hesitant

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  • Figurative Meaning

    'The classroom was a zoo' is this kind of figurative language.

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    a metaphor

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Context Clues

$100 — 'The arid desert receives very little rain.' Arid means this.
very dry
$200 — 'Her response was brief, lasting only a few seconds.' Brief means this.
short in duration
$300 — 'The crowd was elated after the winning goal.' Elated means this.
extremely happy
$400 — 'The path was treacherous, with loose rocks and steep drops.' Treacherous means this.
dangerous
$500 — 'The witness gave a vague answer with almost no detail.' Vague means this.
unclear

Roots

$100 — The root 'bio' relates to this.
life
$200 — The root 'geo' relates to this.
earth — Roots
$300 — The root 'chron' relates to this.
time
$400 — The root 'spect' means to do this.
look or see
$500 — The root 'aud' relates to this sense.
hearing

Prefixes

$100 — The prefix 'pre-' means this.
before
$200 — The prefix 'anti-' means this.
against
$300 — The prefix 'inter-' means this.
between or among
$400 — The prefix 'sub-' often means this.
under or below
$500 — The prefix 'trans-' commonly means this.
across

Synonyms & Antonyms

$100 — A synonym for 'reluctant' is this.
hesitant
$200 — An antonym for 'scarce' is this.
abundant
$300 — A synonym for 'diligent' is this.
hardworking
$400 — An antonym for 'expand' is this.
contract
$500 — A synonym for 'verify' is this.
confirm

Figurative Meaning

$100 — 'The classroom was a zoo' is this kind of figurative language.
a metaphor
$200 — 'Her smile was as bright as the sun' is this.
a simile
$300 — 'The wind whispered through the trees' uses this technique.
personification
$400 — 'I've told you a million times' is this exaggeration.
hyperbole
$500 — 'Break a leg' is this kind of nonliteral expression.
an idiom

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