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Review Vocabulary
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| What is etymology? | The study of the origin of words. |
| What does origin mean? | The beginning |
| Why is it important to study etymology? | To increase our vocabulary. |
| Why is it important to increase our vocabulary? | The more vocabulary words we know, the more we understand what we READ! |
| When we analyze vocabulary words, how many pieces are we breaking the words into? | Three |
| Name the three pieces or parts of a vocabulary word that we analyze to determine the meaning? | Prefix, Root, Suffix |
| What do we call each of these pieces or parts? | morphemes |
| What does morph mean? | to change form |
| What is morphology? | The study of how words change meaning when we add or subtract a prefix or suffix to a root. |
| Explain the R, L, and I in our Reading Standards. | The R is Reading, the L is Literature, the I is Informational Text. |