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Classical roots. Lesson 5. Scrib / scrip. <L. to write. postscript. A note added after ending a letter (often abbreviated ps ). . prescription. An order for medicine or other treatment written by a doctor. scribe.
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Classicalroots Lesson 5
Scrib/ scrip • <L. to write
postscript • A note added after ending a letter (often abbreviated ps).
prescription • An order for medicine or other treatment written by a doctor
scribe • Before the invention of printing, a person who wrote books by hand; a writer
script • The text of a play, movie or broadcast
subscription • An order for, or a pledge to pay for, regular copies of a publication, a group of plays or concerts, and so on.
Practice! • Order for treatment… subscription? prescription? (prescription)
Practice! • The text of a play, movie or broadcast… script? scribe? (script)
Practice! • A note at the end of a letter… subscription? postscript? (postscript)
graph • <G. to write, to record
autobiography • A life story written by the person who lived it
autograph • To sign one’s name
biography • An account of someone’s life, written by another person
Geography • The study of the features of the different places on earth
paragraph • A section of a piece of writing, dealing with one topic
Practice! • An account of someone’s life, written by another person biography? autobiography? (biography)
Practice! • The study of the features of the earth geography? autobiography? (geography)
challenge! My grandmother has collected the __________ from many famous people. (autographs)
challenge! The style of the _______ used to write the Declaration of Independence is hard to read today. (script)
challenge! I read Helen Keller’s ____________ last year. She told all about her struggle to learn despite her disabilities. (autobiography)
challenge! Monks were _________ who copied books by hand during the Middle Ages. (scribes)
challenge! The unauthorized ___________ of the troubled actor gave a lot of private details about which he was quite upset. (biography)
challenge! The ___________ of the region matches ancient descriptions of the lost city. (geography)
challenge! The library has ____________ to many magazines and newspapers. (subscriptions)
challenge! To mark the beginning of a _________, you must indent half an inch. (paragraph)
challenge! The actress read her part of the _________ for audition. (script)
challenge! Many of the Disney characters will sign __________if you bring a pen and paper. (autographs)
challenge! If you forget to write something in the letter, you can add it in the ___________. (postscript)
nouns • postscript • prescription • scribe • script • subscription • autobiography • autograph • biography • geography • paragraph
verbs • autograph