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A. Filipek/2008
AffixesPrefixes +Base Word+ Suffixes
+Root Word+
con- vince= ---
de- crease= e-ing
ex- cuse= -s
im- mature -ity
in- sensitive ---
mal- nourish= -ed
pre- view = -ed
re- cycle= -ing
A. Filipek/2008
Base Words -- Root Words
• Old English: WORD ORDER– Adjective, noun, verb, – prepositional phase
•Greek: alphabet, months/days– March, January, Saturday– Mars, Janus, Saturn
• Roman*: loco= place • location locomotive• nation, national, international, multinational, nationality
• Romance language & Latin
A. Filipek/2008
Transition Words• So, For, First, • Therefore, However, Then, • As a result,• Next,• In conclusion, • Therefore, • Consequently, • However, • Finally, •
A. Filipek/2008
Homophones
• its it’s
• there their they’re
• here hear
• pare pear
• read red
• die dye
A. Filipek/2008
Clauses
• Independent• – SENTENCE Subject + predicate parts
• Adverb phrase – -ly • Adjective phrase –• Gerund phrase
• always function as nouns, so they are subjects, subject complements, or objects
• Eating the sandwich slowly,
• Participial phrase – • -ing ending + noun or pronoun
• Infinitive --
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Character* Traits
• polite rude kind• courageous afraid nice• confident insecure beautiful• shy outgoing intelligent• helpful selfish unaware• happy sad sympathethic• adorable unkept• * “mask” (Italian/persona)