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L4 Determine or clarify the meaning of unknown and multiple-meaning words and

How can I determine meaning of unknown words? What are strategies to determine meaning of unknown words? What is the purpose of reference materials (dictionary, thesaurus, glossary, almanac, encyclopedia)?. L4 Determine or clarify the meaning of unknown and multiple-meaning words and

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L4 Determine or clarify the meaning of unknown and multiple-meaning words and

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  1. How can I determine meaning of unknown words? What are strategies to determine meaning of unknown words? What is the purpose of reference materials (dictionary, thesaurus, glossary, almanac, encyclopedia)? L4 Determine or clarify the meaning of unknown and multiple-meaning words and phrases based on grades 11–12 reading and content, choosing flexibly from a range of strategies

  2. a. Use context (e.g., the overall meaning of a sentence, paragraph, or text; a word’s position or function in a sentence) as a clue to the meaning of a word or phrase. The spy succeeded only because he had a friend on the inside to abet him. Joseph always dropped the names of the famous people his father knew as a way to aggrandize his personal stature. Such lodging houses have caused more destitution, more beggary and crime than any other agency I know of. While eating dinner with the adults, the diffident youth did not speak for fear of seeming presumptuous

  3. a. Use context (e.g., the overall meaning of a sentence, paragraph, or text; a word’s position or function in a sentence) as a clue to the meaning of a word or phrase. The spy SUCCEEDEDonly because he had a FRIENDon the INSIDE to abet him. Abet = Help Joseph always dropped the names of the FAMOUS people his father knew as a way to aggrandize his personal STATURE. Aggrandize = make larger Such lodging houses have caused more destitution, more BEGGARY and CRIME than any other agency I know of. Destitution = poverty While eating dinner with the ADULTS, the diffident YOUTH did not speak for FEAR of seeming PRESUMPTUOUS. Diffident = shy, respectful

  4. b. Identify and correctly use patterns of word changes that indicate different meanings or parts of speech (e.g., conceive, conception, conceivable). Morphemes – Prefixes, Roots, Suffixes

  5. Which of these words has a suffix that means capable of? Unaccountable Natural Conversation Discontented How does a prefix change the meaning of a word in the following sentence – It was like some horrible crime committed in a dungeon, all unseen and unheeded, buried out of sight and of memory. –y changes memorize to a noun -ible changes horror to an adjective -un reverses heeded Com- reverses mit Which word is an English cognate of French souffrance and Italian sofferenza? Somehow Suffering Sense Self-confidence

  6. How does the suffix in the word trustingly affect its meaning? It becomes a verb describing how a trusting person acts. It becomes a noun to describe a person who has trust. It becomes an adjective to describe a person who trusts. It becomes an adverb describing someone acting with trust. What is the root word of monstrous? Mon Monster Monst- Ous What prefix could be added to believe to reverse its meaning? bi- Semi- Dis- Sub- What is the root word of questionable? Quest -tion -able question

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