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Roots: graph/scrib
5th Roots: graph/scrib/script
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| autobiography | (n) writing about a person's life written by that person |
| autograph | (n) the writing of one's own name |
| bibliography | (n) the written list of all the books used in a report or book |
| biography | (n) a book written about a person's life |
| cartography | (n) mapmaking; the writing involved in making maps or charts |
| homograph | (n) a word written the same way as another word but having a different meaning (e.g., bow--hair and bow -- ship) |
| paragraph | (n) a section of writing that has a topic and concluding sentence |
| phonograph | (n) record player, a device that turns the writing on records into sound |
| photography | (n) the use of light to record an image using a camera |
| seismograph | (n) a device that writes down (records) the movement of the earth |