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1 Aim: How do we figure out what prefixes and suffixes tell us?
Do Now: List all the words you know with –ist.

2 Added before the root of a word
Prefix Added before the root of a word

3 Prefix Examples unhappy : un is a negative prefix
prefix, preview : pre is a prefix, with the sense of before redo, review. : re is a prefix meaning again. dishonest, disobey: dis is also a negative prefix impolite, immature: im has the meaning of dis. inadequate, incomplete: in has the meaning of dis and im. atheist, anarchy : a and an have the meaning of dis, im, and in (not) and without.

4 What do the following words mean?
Antisocial Malware Beneficial Omnipotent Confirm Paraphrase Comply Prehistoric Credulous Propel Deconstruct Transport Dictation Unable Entangle Uniform Fallacious Foreground

5 Common Prefixes Anti Mal Bene Omni Com Para Con Pre Cre Pro De Trans
Dict Un En Uni Fal Fore

6 Put into, make, provide with Fal Deceive, lie Fore Before Mal Bad Omni
Prefix Meaning Examples Anti Against, opposite Bene Good Com With, together Con Cred Believe Dict Say, Speak En Put into, make, provide with Fal Deceive, lie Fore Before Mal Bad Omni All, every Para Beside Pre Pro For, Forward Trans Across Un Againt, not, opposite Uni One

7 Added to the end of a word.
Suffix Added to the end of a word.

8 What are some examples? The adjective “smokeless” is formed by adding the suffix “-less” to the noun “smoke.” The adverb “sadly” is formed by adding the suffix “-ly” to the adjective “sad.”

9 What do these mean? Portable Captive Informant Wondrous Wisdom
Suspicious Bolder Stardom Vivacity Edgiest Vivacious Terminology

10 Common Suffixes -Able -Ious -Acity -Ive -Ant -Less -Dom -Ly -Er -Ology
-Est -Ous

11 Noun Suffix -acy state or quality privacy, fallacy, delicacy -al
act or process of refusal, recital, rebuttal  -ance, -ence  state or quality of maintenance, eminence, assurance   -dom place or state of being  freedom, kingdom, boredom -er, -or one who trainer, protector, narrator -ism doctrine, belief communism, narcissism, scepticism -ist chemist, narcissist, plagiarist -ity, -ty quality of inactivity, veracity, parity, serenity -ment condition of argument, endorsement, punishment   -ness state of being heaviness, sadness, rudeness, testiness  -ship position held fellowship, ownership, kinship, internship -sion, -tion concession, transition, abbreviation

12 Verb suffix -ate become regulate, eradicate, enunciate, repudiate -en
enlighten, awaken, strengthen -ify, -fy make or become terrify, satisfy, rectify, exemplify -ize, -ise* civilize, humanize, socialize, valorize

13 Adjective Suffix Adjective Suffixes -able, -ible capable of being
edible, presentable, abominable, credible  -al pertaining to regional, grammatical, emotional, coastal -esque reminiscent of picturesque, statuesque, burlesque -ful notable for fanciful, resentful, woeful, doubtful -ic, -ical musical, mythic, domestic, chiastic -ious, -ous characterized by nutritious, portentous, studious  -ish having the quality of fiendish, childish, snobbish -ive having the nature of creative, punitive, divisive, decisive  -less without endless, ageless, lawless, effortless -y sleazy, hasty, greasy, nerdy, smelly


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