Unit 5: Express Yourself! Word Parts

dict

• say, declare

• write

• write, draw, describe, record

scrib/script

• say, declare

• write

• write, draw, describe, record

graph/gram

• say, declare

• write

• write, draw, describe, record

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

• dictate

• contradict

• edict

• autobiography

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

• dictate

• contradict

• edict

• calligraphy

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

• dictate

• contradict

• edict

• graphic

a person's life story written by that person

• dictate

• contradict

• autobiography

• edict

a message sent by a telegraph and then delivered in written or printed form; sometimes referred to as a wire or cable

• telegram

• autobiography

• calligraphy

• graphic

the art of making beautiful handwriting

• transcript

• graphic

• calligraphy

• autobiography

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

• dictate

• inscription

• graphic

• calligraphy