1. Mastering the English Language… one morphological word part at a time

2. Parts of Speech Noun Verb Adjective Adverb Article Pronoun Preposition
Conjunction
Interjection

3. Noun, Verb, Adjective, and Adverb
Noun: A person, place, thing, or idea.
Verb: Tells a noun’s action or state of being.
There are action verbs and linking verbs
Adjective: Describes a noun or pronoun
Adverb: Describes a verb, an adjective, or another adverb. It tells how, how often, when, and where.

4. Vocabulary Words Agnostic can be a noun or an adjective
Amoral is an adjective
Anarchy is a noun
Anecdote is a noun
Anomaly is a noun
Atheist is a noun
Atheistic is an adjective
Atypical is an adjective
What do you notice about all of these words?

5. Prefixes, Roots, and Suffixes
Prefixes, roots, and suffixes: morphological (meaning-based) word parts
Prefix
Root
Suffix
Element added to the beginning of a word
Element that gives you the basic meaning of a word
Element added to the end of a word

6. Why learn roots?
Many English words have Greek and Latin origins. Thus, many English words contain Greek and Latin roots. Learning these roots enables you to create connections between words with the same roots, so that you can learn and remember greater numbers of vocabulary words.

7. Why is it important to have a large vocabulary?
Words, words, words
Why is it important to have a large vocabulary?
Freedom of Thought, Power, Respect, Law, Biology, Sciences, Medicine, Journalism, ect.

8. A, AN Prefix A, AN: Not, without, unusual or irregular
agnostic, amoral, amorphous, analgesic, anarchy, anecdote, anemia, anesthetic, anomaly, anonymous, apathetic, apathy, asymmetrical, atheist, atom, atypical

9. A, AN — Not , without, unusual or irregular
Agnostic (n or adj): (A not + GNOS to know)
one who does not know whether there is a God or dieties
Amoral (adj): without morals, unable to distinguish between right and wrong
Anarchy (n): (An without + ARCH ruler) without a ruler; political disorder and chaos
Anecdote (n): (AN not + EKDOTOS given out) originally, a story not published and kept private; now it is a short account of something.
Anomaly (n): (AN not + HOMO same) not the same as others; an exception; an oddity
Atheist (n): (A without + THE god) one who is without god; one who does not believe in the existence of deities.
Atheistic (adj): (A without + THE god) denying the existence of god.
Atypical (adj): not typical

10. Greek and Latin Words from Harry Potter
arma – weapons, armour
dens – a tooth
dormio – I sleep
lumen – light
ludo – I play
nox – night, darkness
nunquam (or numquam) – never
patronus – a protector or sponsor