Unit 5 Express Yourself [Definitions]

What does the root dict men?

• to say or declare
• to write
• to write, draw, describe, or record

What does the root scrib/script mean?

• to say or declare
• to write
• to write, draw, describe, or record

What does the root graph/gram mean?

• to say or declare
• to write
• to write, draw, describe, or record

Which word means to speak or read something to a person who writes it down?

• dictate
• contradict
• edict

Which word means to say the opposite of something that someone else has said?

• dictate
• contradict
• edict

Which word means an official order given by a person with power or by a government?

• dictate
• contradict
• edict

Which word means a person’s life story written by that person?

• autobiography 
• telegram
• caligraphy
• graphic

Which word means a message sent by telegraph and then delivered in written or printed form?

• autobiography 
• telegram
• caligraphy
• graphic

Which word means the art of making beautiful handwriting?

• autobiography 
• telegram
• caligraphy
• graphic

Which word means  shown or described in a very clear way, used especially to refer to things that are unpleasant or shocking?

• autobiography 
• telegram
• caligraphy
• graphic