Word Study: Word Parts and Origins

What is word study?

• The study of word parts

• The study of word meanings

• The study of word sounds

• The study of word origins

What is a syllable?

• A unit of a word that makes one vowel sound

• A word part that has meaning

• A word that can stand alone and have meaning

• A word part added to the beginning or end of a word

What are multisyllabic words?

• Words with multiple syllables

• Words with one syllable

• Words with no vowel sound

• Words with affixes

What are the patterns used to divide words into syllables called?

• Syllabication

• Affixes

• Roots

• Prefixes

What is a base word?

• A word that can stand alone and have meaning

• A unit of a word that makes one vowel sound

• A word part that has meaning

• A word part added to the beginning or end of a word

What is a root?

• A word part that has meaning, but only becomes a word when an affix is added

• A unit of a word that makes one vowel sound

• A word that can stand alone and have meaning

• A word part added to the beginning or end of a word

What is an affix?

• A word part added to the beginning or end of a word

• A unit of a word that makes one vowel sound

• A word that can stand alone and have meaning

• A word part that has meaning, but only becomes a word when an affix is added

What does a prefix do?

• Change the word's meaning

• Change the word's part of speech

• Change the word's sound

• Change the word's origin

What does a suffix do?

• Change the word's meaning and often changes its part of speech

• Change the word's sound

• Change the word's origin

• Change the word's syllabication

How can learning the rules of syllabication and word parts help us?

• Decode words when reading

• Determine the meaning of words

• Both A and B

• None of the above