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Part 1 - Suffixes
-ist - a person, one who does an action - artist, linguist, pianist
-ite - resident of, follower, product of - suburbanite, luddite, dynamite
-ization - act or process of making - colonization, fertilization, modernization
Suffixes
-log – speech – dialog, monolog,
-phile - one who loves - bibliophile, audiophile, pyrophile
-phone – sound - homophone, telephone, microphone
Suffixes
-scribe/script - to write - transcript, describe, manuscript
-tion - state or quality - attention, caution, fascination
-ly - in what manner (how) - badly, courageously, happily
Parentheses
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Brackets
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Assignment
Complete the parentheses and brackets worksheets that accompany this lesson. You must have 75% accuracy to prove proficiency.
1) Homonyms: sound alike and are spelled alike but have
different meanings
2) Homophones: sound alike but are spelled differently and have different meanings
3) Homographs: have the same spelling, but have different pronunciations and different meanings
The first part of the words – homo – means the same. homonyms are words that sound the same and are spelled the same but have different meanings. Example: right, meaning correct, and right, meaning direction.
right, meaning correct,right, meaning direction.bear, a large animal bear, to carry a weightclose as a verb andclose as an adjective
Assignment
Review the homonyms packet for examples of homonyms and homophones. Complete the five exercises that accompany the packet. You must have 4 answers correct in each exercise to show proficiency.
HomophonesHomophones are words that sound alike but they have different meanings and different spellings.
Won and OneThere and TheirToo, Two, and To
Homographs have the same spelling but are pronounced differently. They also have different meanings. Examples are wind and wind; bass and bass.
Homographs
Part 3 - The Idiom
Idioms are spoken phrases that cannot be found in the dictionary. An idiom is an expression that means something other than the literal meanings of its individual words.
On Pins And Needles
Anxious or nervous, especially in anticipation of something.
I was on pins and needles in hopes that I would win the big prize.
Lesson Review
Today’s we learned new suffixes. In addition, the lesson focused on the use of homonyms, homophones and homographs.
Next Lesson
Our next lesson will focus on the use of synonyms and antonyms. In addition, we will discuss frequently misspelled and mispronounced words.
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