-fixes, -nyms,-phones, and -graphs,
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-Fixes, -Nyms,-Phones, and -Graphs,. Letter Groups. Homos – Greek meaning for similar or alike Fixus – Latin meaning for to fasten Phone – Greek for voice or sound Graphon – Greek for something written. Prefixes. - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
-Fixes, -Nyms,-Phones, and -Graphs,
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Letter Groups
Homos – Greek meaning for similar or alike
Fixus – Latin meaning for to fasten
Phone – Greek for voice or sound
Graphon – Greek for something written
Prefixes are added to the beginning of a base word. They change the meaning of the base word.
Un + happy = unhappy
Re + do = redo
Prefixes
• The prefix re means again.– Reread means
to read again.– Rewrite means
to write again.What does
reheat mean?
• The prefix un means not or the opposite of.– Uncomfortable
means not comfortable.
– Unpack means the opposite of pack.
– What does unclear mean?
PrefixesAdd a prefix to the beginning of each word to make a new
word. Draw a line form the word to its meaning.
• ____do• ____happy• ____clear• ____read• ____pack
• The opposite of pack• Do again• Opposite of clear• Read again• Not happy
• The suffix ly means in a certain way.– Quickly means
in a quick way.– Loudly means in
a loud way.– What does
suddenly mean?
• The suffix ful means full of.– Colorful means
full of color.– Playful means
full of play.– What does
thankful mean?
SuffixesAdd a suffix to the end of each base word. Draw a
line to its new meaning.
• Loud____• Color____• Wonder____• Sudden_____• Play____
• In a loud way• Full of play• Full of wonder• In a sudden way• Full of color
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Homonyms
• Homonyms are different words that are pronounced the same:– Tale – tail– To – two – too
• They may or may not have different spelling. • Homonyms create ambiguity:
– I’ll meet you by the bank, in front of the automated teller machine.
– I’ll meet you by the bank. We can go fishing.
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Homographs
• Homographs are words that are spelled the same but have different meanings:– Dove – the bird– Dove – the past tense of dive– Bear – the verb– Bear – the animal
Homophones• Homophones are words that sound alike but they have different meanings and different
spellings.
Won and OneThere, They’re Their
Too, Two, and To
Homophones
See
Meet Meat
Sea
Homophones
BlewBlue
Pair Pear
Homographs• Homographs are words that may or may not sound alike but have the same spelling but a
different meaning.
Read and ReadTire and Tire
Tone and Tone
Homographs
BowBow
Scale Scale
Homographs
TearTear
Row Row
Which ones are
homophones?
Bear
New
Saw
Hear Toe
Pit
Can
Right
Which ones are
homographs?
Bear
New
Saw
Hear Toe
Pit
Can
Right
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Synonyms
• Words that sound different but have the same (or almost the same) meaning are synonyms. – Apathetic, phlegmatic, passive, sluggish,
indifferent– Sofa, couch
• Degree of similarity depends on number of semantic properties that two words share
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Formation of antonyms
• Un-
• Non-
• In-
• Dis-
• Mis-
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Antonyms
• Words that are opposite in meaning are antonyms– Beautiful – ugly (=not beautiful)– Big – small, hot – cold
• Gradable properties– Tiny, small, medium, large, huge, gigantic– “not tiny” doesn’t mean “gigantic”.