2. -Fixes, -Nyms,-Phones, and -Graphs,

3. 2 Letter Groups Homos – Greek meaning for similar or alike Fixus – Latin meaning for to fasten Phone – Greek for voice or sound Graphon – Greek for something written

4. Prefixes are added to the beginning of a base word. They change the meaning of the base word. Un + happy = unhappy Re + do = redo

5. Prefixes The prefix re means again. –Reread means to read again. –Rewrite means to write again. What does reheat mean? The prefix un means not or the opposite of. –Uncomfortable means not comfortable. –Unpack means the opposite of pack. –What does unclear mean?

6. Prefixes Add a prefix to the beginning of each word to make a new word. Draw a line form the word to its meaning. ____do ____happy ____clear ____read ____pack The opposite of pack Do again Opposite of clear Read again Not happy

7. The suffix ly means in a certain way. –Quickly means in a quick way. –Loudly means in a loud way. –What does suddenly mean? The suffix ful means full of. –Colorful means full of color. –Playful means full of play. –What does thankful mean?

8. Suffixes Add a suffix to the end of each base word. Draw a line to its new meaning. Loud____ Color____ Wonder____ Sudden_____ Play____ In a loud way Full of play Full of wonder In a sudden way Full of color

9. 8 Homonyms Homonyms are different words that are pronounced the same: –Tale – tail –To – two – too They may or may not have different spelling. Homonyms create ambiguity: –I’ll meet you by the bank, in front of the automated teller machine. –I’ll meet you by the bank. We can go fishing.

10. 9 Homographs Homographs are words that are spelled the same but have different meanings: –Dove – the bird –Dove – the past tense of dive –Bear – the verb –Bear – the animal

11. Homophones Homophones are words that sound alike but they have different meanings and different spellings. Won and One There, They’re Their Too, Two, and To

12. Homophones See MeetMeat Sea

13. Homophones BlewBlue PairPear

14. Homographs Homographs are words that may or may not sound alike but have the same spelling but a different meaning. Read and Read Tire and Tire Tone and Tone

15. Homographs Bow Scale

16. Homographs Tear Row

17. Which ones are homophones? Bear New Saw HearToe Pit Can Right

18. Which ones are homographs? Bear New Saw HearToe Pit Can Right

19. 18 Synonyms Words that sound different but have the same (or almost the same) meaning are synonyms. –Apathetic, phlegmatic, passive, sluggish, indifferent –Sofa, couch Degree of similarity depends on number of semantic properties that two words share

20. 19 Formation of antonyms Un- Non- In- Dis- Mis-

21. 20 Antonyms Words that are opposite in meaning are antonyms –Beautiful – ugly (=not beautiful) –Big – small, hot – cold Gradable properties –Tiny, small, medium, large, huge, gigantic –“not tiny” doesn’t mean “gigantic”.