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| Affix | refers to the part/s of the word that we can add to the beginning and/or ending of the word. |
| Suffix | affix at the end of the word: ist/er/en/ly: can give us a clue about a word’s meaning and tells us part of speech |
| ist/er/ian | suffixes that denote ‘people’ nouns |
| tion/ment/ity | suffixes that denote ‘thing’ nouns |
| en/ize/ify | suffixes that denote verbs |
| ous/able/ful | suffixes that denote adjectives |
| ly | suffix that denotes adverb |
| Prefix | affix at the beginning of the word: in/un/mis/dis: can give us a clue about a word’s meaning |
| Root | the main idea of the word/its core meaning |
| Context clues | words and sentences in the passage you are reading that can help you to guess a word’s meaning |
| Blank out | strategy that involves removing the word whose meaning you are trying to guess from the sentence and supplying another word |
| POE | a strategy for guessing an answer that involves eliminating answers you know to be wrong |
| Distracters | wrong answers; one to two are completely wrong and have no chance of being correct |
| Thesis | the main idea of a passage/located near the end of the intro paragraph |
| Triangular Organization of Passage | going from general to specific information in an intro paragraph |
| Contrasting signal word | the beginning word of the thesis: it is often a word like ‘however’ or ‘but’; these words help to show the reader that he/she is moving from something more general to something more specific |
