LANGUAGE ARTS WORD MAPPING 9/27/13

MORPHEME A word PART with MEANING A whole word or part of a word can be a morpheme.

SYLLABLE A part of a word that centers on the vowel sound It has NO meaning!

MORPHEMES V.SYLLABLES Ex. Unladylike Syllables: Un- la- dy- like Morphemes: UN LADY LIKE

Morphemes Can be –Prefixes (at the beginning) –Suffixes (at the end) –Roots (gives the word its main meaning)

PREFIX A word part placed at the beginning of a word that has a meaning. Ex. Reread (Re- means “again,” thus this means to read again) Some prefixes are found one within another, like: de- is found within dem- BUT they are different, be careful!!

COMPOUND PREFIX 2 or more prefixes at the beginning of a word. Ex. Unrelenting Un- Re-

SUFFIX A word part placed at the end of a word that affects the word’s meaning or is a part of speech. Ex. -able Word= Lovable What does it mean? Able to be loved

COMPOUND SUFFIXES 2 or more suffixes at the end of a word. Ex: helplessness -less & -ness

ROOT A word part with meaning placed at the beginning, middle, or end of a word. It may also be the whole word. It gives the word its main meaning

EXAMPLES of ROOTS * “Aster” means “Star.” * At the beginning of a word: Asterisk In the middle of a word: Disastrous At the end of a word: Disaster

“Put it to Work” EXERCISE: –Antidisestablishmentarianism Break it apart (prefixes, suffixes, root?) Put it back together. What does it mean? CHALLENGE

MORPHEME RULES 1. A morpheme can have several meanings. Example: “in-” means “not” “in-” means “ into” and “within” 2. A morpheme can have the same meaning, but different forms. Example: »“an-” means “not” »“dis-” means “not” »“im-” means “not”

3. Morphemes can have the same meaning, but similar forms. Examples: “aster-” & “astro” mean “star” “flex” & flect” mean “bend” “mit” & “mis” means “send”

STEPS for MAPPING: 1. “M” –Break it into its parts 2. “A” –Define each of its parts. 3. “P” –Put it ALL back together and define the word.

Word Map M step prefix root suffix A step meaning meaning meaning P step definition Unhelpful unhelpful not aid, support Full of Not full of support or aid MUST be PREDICTED, NOT looked up in a reference!!!!!!!!!!!!!