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Prefixes Suffixes and Root Words

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How do you make words out of other words

you scramble up the letters and try to rearrange them.

The text structure of Last Words of Great Men can be characterized as

The text structure of Last Words of Great Men can be characterized as compare/contrast.

What is the root word of the words audio audible auditorium audition and auditory

The Latin root aud (from audire meaning to hear)

It is necessary to pay attention to suffixes because they

affect the part of speech.

This argument can move from a specific premise to a specific conclusion or from a general premise to a general conclusion

Valid argument

What word could be used to describe something that is empty

Vacuous

What is a good image to picture to help you remember the definition of the word zenith

a mountain peak

Why might different news outlets report differently on an issue such as climate change

News outlets have different political perspectives.

A sharp criticism can be made with an remark

virulent

What is an abstract noun that was made by adding a noun-forming suffix to the word root fair which means equal

Add the suffix -ness to the adjective fair to form the abstract noun fairness.

When the suffix -ate appears in a word such as reiterate what part of speech is it

Words ending in -ATE can be more than one part of speech.

In reiterate it is a verb.

In operate, disseminate, and create, it is a verb.

In literate, it is an adjective.

In consulate and electorate, it is a noun.

In separate and deliberate, it is a verb or an adjective.

In advocate and conglomerate, it can be a verb or a noun.

The suffix -ate is found added to nouns to form group nouns, and added to word roots to form verbs, adjectives, and associated nouns.

Mark Twain quoted Napoleon as saying Tete d'armee Head of the army in order to

give an example of a great man's dying words.

Which of these words literally means under theory

Hypothesis

What is the steps in the correct order to show how to summarize an essay

The steps in summarizing an essay are rewriting, drafting, and revising.

A statement that lacks any meaning can be called .

Vacuous - answer to apex

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