G4 Root Words Auto & Graph

G4 - Week 3/28/22 Root Words Auto & Graph

By Brian Tritico

Root Words Auto and Graph

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A root word is a word or word part that forms the basis of new words through the addition of prefixes and suffixes. In traditional root words, these words come from Latin and Greek languages, and typically do not stand alone as a complete word. Understanding the meanings of common roots can help you work out the meanings of new words as you encounter them.

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We will look at words with the roots Auto and Graph in this lesson.​

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Remember! --> Prefixes are at the beginning of a word and suffixes are at the end of a word.

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Autograph means a signature, especially that of a celebrity written as a memento for an admirer. The baseball shown was signed by a famous baseball player. The writing on the baseball - the name - that is called an Autograph

Do you have anything that was autographed?​

The root word Auto means self, same, spontaneous.

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What do you think these words mean?

​1) Autofocus

2) Autodialer

3) ​Automatically

4) ​Autocrat

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What words do you know with Auto in them?

Many words have the root Auto in them.

​Autostart button found in many cars today, that looks like the one shown in the picture. You push the button, and the car starts.

​The root word graph means that the meaning of the word is linked to writing or recording something.

Autograph - This is a word we just looked at previously! It means a signature, especially that of a celebrity written as a memento for an admirer. The graph part of the word refers to the written words

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The author of the book is signing the book.

The actual signature is the Autograph. ​

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Root Word - Graph

These items are called pictures or Photographs. The word photograph is broken down into 2 parts:

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Photo = Light

Graph = Writing / To write​

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The word photograph means writing done with light!​

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Do you like physical photographs that you can touch or digital photographs that are on a device such as a cell phone?

​Photographs

Can you think of any other words not shown here?

Look at these word that contain the root word graph. How many of these do you already know?

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Open Ended

What is an Autograph?

Multiple Choice

Automatic

• Happens on its own

• Does not happen on its own

Multiple Choice

Autofocus

• Focuses on its own

• Does not focus on its own

Multiple Choice

The root word Auto means

• Self, same, spontaneous

• Volume of a device

Multiple Choice

The Autostart button in a car

• Does not start the car when you press it

• Does start the car when you press it

Multiple Choice

An Autobiography is

• A book written about a person by a different person

• A book written about a person by that same person

Multiple Choice

The root word Graph means

• There is no writing or recording involved

• There is writing or recording involved

Multiple Choice

A Photograph is

• Writing with light

• Writing with a pen

• Writing with a pencil

• Writing with paint

Multiple Choice

A Paragraph is

• A section of writing

• A type of food

• When you have 2 graphs

Multiple Choice

Geography is

• The study of animals that live in the sea - Sea Write

• The study of the earth - Earth Write

• The study of the heart - Heart Write

• The study of Bonanza - Cart Write

Open Ended

Write as many words as you can think of that have Auto in them. Write them in the space below and put a comma after each one

Open Ended

Write as many words as you can think of that have Graph in them. Write them in the space below and put a comma after each one.