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1
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Prosaic

A

commonplace or a common style of writing

“The prosaic method of writing an autobiography is to use MLA format

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2
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what does the root mis mean

A

hate

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3
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what does the root pug mean

A

fighting or warring

repugnant

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4
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what does the root path mean

A

feelings

empathy

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5
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what does it mean when there is an ‘a’ in front of a word

ex. apathy

A

i means without

apathy means without feelings

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6
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what does anti mean as a prefix

A

going against anything

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7
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what does the root bene mean

A

good

ex benefit

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8
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what does the root antro mean

A

mankind

ex anthropology

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what does the root ology mean

A

study of

ex. sociology

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what does the root philo mean

A

loves

ex. philosophy

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what does the root sophy mean

A

learning

ex. philosophy

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12
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what does the root ped mean

A

DOUBLE MEANING
kids like in pediatrician

or feet like in pedicure

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13
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what does the root mis mean

A

hate

ex misogynist

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14
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what does the root loc mean

A

words
ex eloquent

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15
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what does the root ious mean

A

full of

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16
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the colon :

A

complete sentence : anything (list, idea, etc) [remeber that the other side of the colon explains more]

17
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the semicolon ;

A

complete sentence ; complete sentences
semicolons connect two related sentences

EXECPT
also can be used to seperate items in a list (especially if there are multiple commas already in the sentence or the items in the sentence are super long)

18
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the comma ,

A

CANNOT SEPERATE FWO COMPLETE SENTENCES
*unless the second part starts w one of the FANBOYS (for, and, nor, but, or, yet, so)

19
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can you seperate non essential information by mixing and matching punctuation marks

A

No