Word Parts

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Word Parts

• Roots, Prefixes, and Suffixes

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Why am I doing this to you?!?!

• You can often figure out the meaning of words by
  knowing the meaning of the basic parts.
• Wordly wise will begin soon. Knowing the parts
  may help with definitions as well as parts of
  speech.
• When you read, if you encounter big words you
  dont recognize you will be able to figure it out
  by breaking the word into parts. Now you wont
  have to reach for a dictionary or just ignore the
  word and hope it doesnt make a lot of difference
  to the sentence.

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ROOTS

• Main part of the word
• Carries the basic meaning of the word
• Often a word all by itself

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PREFIXES

• Added to the beginning of a root
• Changes the meaning of the root

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SUFFIXES

• Added to the end of a root
• Changes the meaning of the root

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Why are they called roots?

• Really, roots, prefixes, and suffixes are all
  rootsin the scientific/genealogical sense. What
  is a root?
• All of our words have roots in other languages,
  especially Greek and Latin. Thats where our
  roots (as in root words) are rooted Get it?

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ROOT RINGS

• You will make a root ring the root ring will
  include prefixes and suffixes as well as root
  words. Why?
• Well start with root words. On your cards, make
  mini flash cards. The word on one side, the
  definition on the back.
• After each section, you will be quizzed. You must
  know the definition of the part and be able to
  give an example of a word that has the root word
  in it. You must also define the new word.
• Quizzes
• Roots September 1
• Prefixes September 12
• Suffixes September 20

• bio
• Dec
• deca
• dent
• dict
• duc/duct
• Flect
• flex
• graph
• lect
• Miss
• mit
• phon
• port
• script
• spec/spect
• tele
• tri
• Vid

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• Prefixes
• reverse meaning
• de-
• dis-
• in-
• il-
• im-
• ir-
• mis-
• non-
• show relationship
• un-
• co-
• inter-
• post-
• pre-
• re-
• sub-
• super-

• Suffixes
• Create nouns Meaning
• -ee
• -eer
• -er
• -or
• -ian
• -ist
• Create adjectives Meaning
• -ful
• -ous
• Create nouns Meaning
• -hood
• -ness
• -ship
• Create nouns Meaning
• -ance
• -ence
• -ation