Name_____________

Choose The Target Word

Circle the correct target word by responding to the questions below.
1. Which would you use to describe lines in a poem?

excerpt stanza

2. Which would you do to convince a friend?

inform persuade

3. Which would help you organize a library?

passage genre

4. Which would keep you on the edge of your seat?

climax conclusion

5. Which helps you to compare two things or ideas?

analogy root word

6. Which would you have if you took a suffix away?

synonym root word

7. Which would you use to describe opposites?

antonym synonym

8. Which would you add to the beginning of a word?

suffix prefix

9. Which would describe cuddly and cute?

analogy synonym

10. Which is added to the end of something?

suffix excerpt

11. Which is meant to help someone get smarter?

entertain inform

12. Which would be a paragraph taken from a book?

excerpt stanza