Use the word reflective in a sentence?

Answer 1

RE is a Latin prefix which means again, over. When you break the word, reflective is composed of a prefix, root meaning, and adjective suffix. A prefix can be added or taken away from the main word, but its job is to alter the meaning of the root. Once a student learns prefixes and suffixes, the meaning of a word is altered in someway.

In elementary school, Language Arts classes spend time memorizing meanings of prefix and suffixes.

The word, "reflective" is unique word in that it has three parts; /re/ is a prefix meaning "over, again"; the root is "flecto" which has various meanings such as:

"to think quietly, to remember something from the past. When you look into a mirror, you see what you look like. The image in the mirror is not the real you, but your reflection. You can see yourself as an image or likeness. To remember something good like a party, a book, or even something uncomfortable, like going to a dentist,

or flunking an important test, is to reflect , or remember it again and again, and again.

Not only does the prefix add to the meaning, the suffixes (word endings like 'ed, ing, er - ful, etc.) also alters the words. Suffixes changes the part of speech the word becomes. Reflect is a verb; reflection is a noun, reflected and reflecting are verbs, and

reflective is an adjective, and so on. It is very useful to know the parts of a word.

Example:

In the Disney movie "BAMBI", the little fawn sees his reflection when he looks into the lake. My grandmother likes to reflect on her childhood. She tells the same stories over and over. Sometimes it is boring; sometimes it is interesting.