Unit 5 Root Words

to speak or read something to a person who writes it down; to decree

• Dictate

• Scribe

• Edict

Tags

CCSS.L.4.4B

CCSS.L.5.4B

CCSS.L.6.4B

CCSS.L.7.4B

CCSS.L.8.4B

to say the opposite of something that someone else has said; to deny

the truth

• Contradict

• Telegram

• Edict

Tags

CCSS.L.3.4B

CCSS.L.3.4C

CCSS.RF.3.3A

CCSS.RF.4.3A

CCSS.RF.5.3A

an official order given by a person with power or by a government

• Edict

• Autobiography

• Graphic

Tags

CCSS.L.6.6

CCSS.L.7.6

CCSS.L.8.6

CCSS.W.7.2D

CCSS.W.8.2D

a person’s life story written by that person

• Autobiography

• Dictate

• Scribe

Tags

CCSS.L.3.4B

CCSS.L.3.4C

CCSS.RF.3.3A

CCSS.RF.4.3A

CCSS.RF.5.3A

a message sent by telegraph and then delivered in written or printed

form; sometimes referred to as a wire or cable

• Telegram

• Dictate

• Autobiography

Tags

CCSS.L.2.4B

CCSS.L.2.4C

CCSS.L.3.2E

the art of making beautiful handwriting

• Caligraphu

• Perscription

• Autobiography

Tags

CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

shown or described in a very clear way, used especially to refer to

things that are unpleasant or shocking

• Inscription

• Graphic

• Prescription

Tags

CCSS.L.2.4B

CCSS.L.2.4C

CCSS.L.3.2E

words that are written on or cut into a surface

• Transcript

• Inscription

• Dictate

Tags

CCSS.L.2.4B

CCSS.L.2.4C

CCSS.L.3.2E

a written, printed, or typed copy of words that have been spoken

• translation
• Autobiography

• transcript

Tags

CCSS.RI.5.10

CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

a written message from a doctor that officially tells a patient what

medicine to take

• Prescription

• Scribe

• Autobiography

Tags

CCSS.L.2.4B

CCSS.L.2.4C

CCSS.L.3.2E