Prefixes

1. Prefixes Multi-, Fore-, Hyper-, and Self- By: Fiona C. Jones

2. Multi- • Word Examples • Multiracial • Multicolored • Multiplayer • Multiethnic Multi- more than one Today, everything is multiracial, but that was not the case in the 1920s. -compound sentence Everything in Harlem was very multiethnic in the time of the Harlem Renaissance. -simple sentence

3. Fore- • Word Examples • Forefront • Foresight • Forewarning • Forerunner Fore- before This sign was a forewarning to any colored people; they would not be allowed into the area that the sign guarded. -compound sentence Langston Hughes was a forerunner of the explosion of African American culture. -simple sentence

4. Hyper- • Word Examples • Hyperactive • Hyperlink • Hypertension • Hyperspace Hyper- above, over, or in access There was no racial hypertension or anything like that in the Harlem area. -simple sentence There was a hyperactive African American culture explosion in Harlem, New York City in the 1920s, and thousands of African Americans from across the country went to live there. -compound sentence

5. Self- • Word Examples • Self-esteem • Self-destruct • Self-confident • Self-evident Self- of oneself or itself It’s self-evident that the Harlem area was the best place for African Americans to be at the time; it turned so many dreams into reality. -compound sentence Louis Armstrong was a self-confident musician at the time of the Harlem Renaissance. -simple sentence