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Chapter 8 Comparison and Contrast Metaphors

Chapter 8 Comparison and Contrast Metaphors. Many of our prefixes and suffixes occur in antithetical pairs. Evaluation: Eu-Mal, Bene-Mis Attitude: Pro-Con, Size: Maxi-Mini Position: Hyper-Hypo, Super-Sub, In-Trans Time: Pre-Post

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Chapter 8 Comparison and Contrast Metaphors

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  1. Chapter 8Comparison and Contrast Metaphors • Many of our prefixes and suffixes occur in antithetical pairs. • Evaluation: Eu-Mal, Bene-Mis • Attitude: Pro-Con, • Size: Maxi-Mini • Position: Hyper-Hypo, Super-Sub, In-Trans • Time: Pre-Post • Prefixes often assimilate to become more like the word they are attached to: Inelegant, Indecent, Impossible, Irreligious, Illegal, etc. 19

  2. Vocabulary Plus: A Source-Based Approachwww.ablongman.com/nilsen By Don L. F. Nilsen And Alleen Pace Nilsen 19

  3. Antithetical PrefixesPro- | Con- | Anti- | Contra- 19

  4. Visual Antithesis René Magritte 19

  5. Visual Antithesis AgainRené Magritte 19

  6. Visual Antithesis AgainRené Magritte 19

  7. Good and BadEu- | Bene- | Ortho- | Mal- | Mis- 19

  8. Com: with/together | Dis: apart/distant 19

  9. De-: down/away from | Trans: across 19

  10. In- | Inter- | Intra- 19

  11. In: Toward | Ex: Away from 19

  12. Negative in-In-/Iŋ | Il- | Im- | Ir- 19

  13. Negative Non- Un- and A- 19

  14. Below vs. AboveSub- | Super- | Hypo- | Hyper- 19

  15. New Again Between YearlyNeo- | Re- | Inter- | Ann- 19

  16. Before vs. AfterAnte- | Pre- | Fore- | Post- 19

  17. Action Receiver Suffixes-or | -ee 19

  18. Verbs vs. Nouns-ate/-y | -ion 19

  19. !Interesting notes: • Premonition is related to mnemonic and amnesia. • Interminable is related to terminate. • Supercilious is raised eyebrows (L: cilium) • Anno Domini, Ante Meridian, Post Meridian, and Post Script are related to A.D., A.M., P.M., and P.S. 19

  20. !Augmentative Prefixes Maxi- | Mega- | Poly- | Arch- 19

  21. !Augmentative Suffix-ious (full of) • Capricious • Expeditious • Fortuitous • Fractious • Loquacious • Mendacious • Meritorious • Obsequious • Pugnacious • Specious • Supercalifragulisticexpealidocious (Nilsen & Nilsen 206) 19

  22. !!DiminutivesMini- | Micro- 19

  23. !!!Visual Antithesis:Inside Don Quixote’s Head 19

  24. Reference Nilsen, Alleen Pace, and Don L. F. Nilsen. Vocabulary Plus High School and Up: A Source Based Approach. Boston, MA: Pearson/Allyn & Bacon, 2004. www.ablongman.com/nilsen 19

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