Grk/Ltn roots & prefix: graph/gram, scrip/scrib, fore, pre, pos

Match the words to the definition

• Forewarn

• To warn beforehand

• Forecast

• A thought that comes beforehand, a prediction

• Forethought

• To predict or estimate in advance

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CCSS.RL.11-12.4

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Match the word that best completes the sentence:

• Posterior

• the back side

• Posthumous

• put off until a later time

• Postpone

• happening after someone's death

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Match the word that best completes the sentence:

• Precaution

• Care taken beforehand

• Premier

• Happening or ripening before the natural or proper time

• Premature

• The first performance or showing

• Preamble

• An introduction or introductory explanation

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Match the word that best completes the sentence:

• Graphic

• Providing a clear picture; vivid and realistic; written or drawn

• Monograph

• Science dealing with the earth's surface

• Geography

• An account of one's own life

• Autobiography

• A book or article about a single subject

• Calligraphy

• Beautiful, fancy writing

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CCSS.L.11-12.4

CCSS.L.11-12.5

CCSS.RI.11-12.4

Match the word that best completes the sentence:

• Inscription

• A short, witty poem; a witty, clever saying

• Prescription

• Something that is written or engraved, especially on a solid surface

• Epigram

• A written or typewritten copy

• Transcript

• An order or direction; a doctor's instructions for the use of medicine

• Conscript

• To force into service or labor for government

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CCSS.L.11-12.4

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What does graph, gram mean?

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What does scrip, scrib mean?

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CCSS.L.11-12.4

What does fore or pre mean?

• after, behind

• before, toward

• write, writing

• bring, carry

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CCSS.L.11-12.4

CCSS.L.11-12.6

CCSS.L.11-12.4A

What does post mean?

• after, behind

• before, toward

• write, writing

• bring, carry

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CCSS.L.11-12.4

CCSS.L.11-12.4A

Select the correct vocabulary word to fill in the blanks to complete the sentence:

• transcript

• The lawyer provided the judge with a ___ of the evidence she would be presenting in the trail.

• epigram

• The test on the ___ included drawing and labeling all the major mountain chains in the country.

• graphic

• The newspaper's account of the crime was very ___.

• inscriptions

• One of the comedian's talents was the ability to quickly come up with ___ about almost any situation.

• geography

• The class made rubbings of the ___ on the tombs in the graveyard.

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CCSS.L.11-12.4

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