Find the definition for each of the following root words:MortMorphPlanScript
Locate the root word for each of the following:biologyphilosophygeographygenerate
Read the passage below and use your word structure strategy to help you determine the meaning of the underlined words in the passage. Write the meanings of each underlined word and explain how you determined each meaning.Monday morning found Tom Sawyer miserable. Monday mornings always found him so - because it began another week’s slow suffering in school. He generally began that day with wishing he had no intervening holiday, it made the going into captivity and fetters again so much more odious.
Find the definition for each of the following root words:TrophyNeuroHydroCrypt
Identify the Affix(es) and root word for each of the following: Alternate Biannual Autobiography Recognize
Locate the root word for each of the following:TeacherDemonstrateRealistHarmonize
Find the definition for each of the following prefixes:AutoDeHeteroPalin
Auto = self; de = down, away, or remove; hetero = different or other; palin = again or back.
List the four steps to using the word structure strategy when trying to determine the meaning of an unfamiliar word.
1. Break the unfamiliar word into parts: prefix, root or base, and suffix. 2. Figure out the meaning of each part you know. 3. Put the meanings together and use context clues to make a definition. 4. Check whether your definition makes sense in the sentence and revise if needed.
Find the definition for each of the following suffixes:- Cide- Ectomy- Ism- Logy
-cide = kill or killing; -ectomy = surgical removal; -ism = belief, practice, or doctrine; -logy = study of.
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