What does the suffix - ist mean in the word optimist?

Who is the humor targeted at in the celebrated jumping frog of calaveras county

I had to work through my lunch hour today because I was late for work this morning. Which organizational structure is used in this sentence? cause and effect order of importance problem and solution compare and contrast

What do many prefixes and suffixes have in common? * They are derived from Arabic and Farsi words They are derived from Chinese and Korean words They are derived from French and German words They are derived from Greek and Latin words

Do you think jim got his merit badge? why or why not?

Kim named her (dog) Trixie. Which letter correctly identifies the word in parentheses? A: direct object B:indirect object C:objective complement D:predicate nominative E:predicate adjective

Which of these most completely describes the function of a noun? It is a word used to label a person. It is a word used to label a person, place, thing or idea. It can become an antecedent if it gets replaced by a pronoun later on in a sentence.

Compare these two passages from "The Yellow Wallpaper." And she is all the time trying to climb through. But nobody could climb through that pattern it strangles so. I think that is why it has so many heads.

Which sentence has a misplaced adjective phrase? A. The singer with the high voice is called a soprano. B. The dog with the long ears is our new pet. C. The boy on the swing is my brother. D. Jason with the green feathers chose the parakeet.

Which comment is about the diction of a story? a. when an author ends a story at the climax, the reader feels lost and frustrated. b. the theme of the story is about the meaning, or meaninglessness, of life. c.

Frederick Douglass said, "If there is no struggle, there is no progress. Those who favor freedom and yet deprecate [criticize] agitation, are men who want crops without plowing up the ground.