Root WordsRoot Words
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Autobiography (noun)Autobiography (noun)Definition: Definition: Writing about a Writing about a
person’s life person’s life written by that written by that personperson
David Beckham authored his own autobiography.
Autograph (noun)Autograph (noun)
Definition: Definition: The writing of The writing of
one’s own nameone’s own name
The famous baseball player signed my autograph book.
Bibliography (noun)Bibliography (noun)
Definition:Definition: The written list The written list
of all the books of all the books used in a report used in a report or bookor book
Always remember to include a bibliography at the end of your report. This gives credit to the books, web sites, etc. in which you got your information.
Works Cited
Hinton, S.E., The Outsiders, p. 18-24.
Suess, Dr., Green Eggs and Ham, p. 12-14.
Biography (noun)Biography (noun)
Definition:Definition: A book written A book written
about a person’s about a person’s lifelife
Albert Goldman wrote a biography on the life of the famous Beatle, John Lennon.
Cartography (noun)Cartography (noun)
Definition:Definition: Map makingMap making The writing The writing
involved in involved in making maps or making maps or chartscharts
My uncle studied cartography in college and is now a famous mapmaker.
Homograph (noun)Homograph (noun)
Definition:Definition: A word written A word written
the same way as the same way as another word another word but having a but having a different different meaningmeaning
Examples:
Her hair bow was green.
The ship’s bow was damaged in the storm.
Does that make sense? (verb)
Does are female deer.
Paragraph (noun)Paragraph (noun)
Definition:Definition: A section of A section of
writing that has writing that has a topic and a a topic and a concluding concluding sentencesentence
In class we use the TSSSR format to organize our paragraphs.
Phonograph (noun)Phonograph (noun)
Definition:Definition: Record playerRecord player A device that A device that
turns writing on turns writing on records into records into soundsound
My grandmother still has her phonograph from the 1800’s.
Photography (noun)Photography (noun)
Definition:Definition: The use of light The use of light
to record an to record an image using a image using a cameracamera
In photography class I learned how to take and develop pictures.
SeismographSeismograph
Definition:Definition: A device that A device that
writes down the writes down the movements of movements of earthearth
The seismograph measured the earthquake.