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Understanding Word Parts: Prefixes and Suffixes Explained

Learn the basics of prefixes and suffixes, key word parts in vocabulary. Discover the meanings and importance, and how they affect the words we use daily.

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Understanding Word Parts: Prefixes and Suffixes Explained

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  1. Prefixes and Suffixes What are they and why do we need to know them?

  2. Academic Vocabulary Review • Annotation-a note of explanation or comment added to a text or diagram • Text Evidence-When we have ideas about what we read, we need to cite Explicit Textual Evidence to support our ideas. • Explicit- Clearly stated • Evidence– facts or information used as support for whether a belief or proposition is true and valid

  3. Word Parts • Prefix - beginning • Root – main word • Suffix - ending

  4. Roots • What is a root word? • a word you can add beginnings and endings to • Why look at root word? • helps find meanings of words

  5. More About Prefixes • What is a prefix? • a word part that has its own meaning • add to change meaning of words

  6. Prefix pre- un- dis- re- mis- im- bi- de- Meaning before not not again not not two not Common Prefixes Not in order Disorder = ___________. Read again Reread = __________.

  7. More About Suffixes • What is a suffix? • group of letters attached to ends of words • can indicate what part of speech the word belongs to • also changes meaning

  8. Suffix er able ous ness ful ly or –y ment Meaning doer able to full of state of being full of like state of Common Suffixes Someone who surfs Surfer = _________________. State of being kind Kindness = _________________

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