Unit 3 Lesson 7: Word Meanings

Question 1

context

Answer 1

the parts of a text before and after a word that clarify its meaning

Question 2

part of speech

Answer 2

how a word is used in syntax; as a noun, pronoun, adjective, adverb, verb, preposition, conjunction, or interjection

Question 2

morphemes

Answer 2

the smallest meaningful units in a language

Question 3

syntax

Answer 3

the arrangement of words in a sentence

Question 3

English words are composed of units called

Answer 3

morphemes.

Question 4

The way in which the morphemes connect help to determine the word’s

Answer 4

part of speech―whether it is a noun or a verb, an adjective or an adverb.

Question 5

clues provided through context and syntax give you substantial information that can help you determine the word’s

Answer 5

the word’s part of speech and meaning.

Question 6

affix

Answer 6

a morpheme added to a base word or root

Question 7

base word

Answer 7

a morpheme that has meaning on its own

Question 8

morpheme

Answer 8

the smallest meaningful unit in a language

Question 9

root

Answer 9

a morpheme that gives a word its principal meaning

Question 10

A morpheme is not the same as a syllable; each must contain its own meaning. Break down the morphemes in the word apathetic

Answer 10

For example, in the word apathetic, the morphemes are a- (“not”), pathe (“feeling”), and -tic (“the quality of”). Apathetic means, essentially, “the quality of not feeling.” The morphemes should not be confused with the four syllables of apathetic―ap·a·thet·ic.

Question 11

Most English morphemes derive from Greek or Latin

Answer 11

roots

Question 12

Can roots stand on there own

Answer 12

Roots usually don’t stand alone but are combined with affixes or another root. For example, the root aqu means water, but isn’t used by itself to mean water in formal language. Instead, it can combine with affixes like –rium to make the word aquarium.

Question 13

You can also add affixes to base words.

Answer 13

However, base words can stand by themselves. Grow is an example of a base word because it can stand alone but also have affixes like –ing or re-.

Question 14

connotation

Answer 14

the idea or feeling a word invokes in addition to its literal meaning

Question 15

denotation

Answer 15

the literal meaning of a word

Question 16

shade of meaning

Answer 16

a subtle difference in the meanings of words

Question 17

tone

Answer 17

the attitude an author shows toward their subject