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Name:____________________________________

Date:_______________________Period:________

Focus:GENUS,ORARE, TERRA

PREFIX

SUFFIX

ROOT

GENUS/origin,race,kind;
GENEAfamily,birth,descent,

ORALISmouth,opening(n)
Oraretospeak(v.)

alrelatingto(adjective)

logyscienceorstudyof(noun)
[yi before adding es]
having to do with,

-ory

TERRAearth(noun)
Terrestrisearthly(adj.)

-ly

makes a word an adverb

makes regular singular verbs plural

COTTAbaked

A.Directions:MatcheachwordincolumnAtoitsdictionarydefinitionincolumnB.WRITETHELETTER
ONTHELINE!!!Ifyoudonotknowthedefinitionsofthewords,youmayuseadictionaryforPartA.

COLUMNA

1. g e n e a l o g i e s _ _ _ _ _

COLUMNB
A . n.abakedclayoftenusedtomakepotteryand
sculptures

2. oral_____

B.n.

formalpublicspeaking,theartofeloquence

3. orally______

C.adj.

done,taken,oradministeredthroughthemouth

4. o r a t o r y _ _ _ _ _ _

5. t e r r a c o t t a _ _ _ _ _

D . a d j . anaccountofthelineofancestrywithinafamily

E . adv. giventhrough,orinvolvingthemouth;spoken

Directions:UsethewordsfromColumnAforeachsentence.Useeachwordonlyonce.

1. Forcenturies,thebeliefs,values,andknowledgeofWestAfricanswerepasseddown
_____________________________fromonegenerationtothenext.
2. TheNok,atribeinNigeria,madesculpturesfrom__________________________,atypeof
bakedclay.
3. Inordertogiveagood______________________________,apersonshouldpracticetheir
speechsothattheydonotstumbleoveranywords.
4. WestAfricanseducatedtheiraudienceswithhistoricalaccountsand______________________,
orhistoriesofpeoplesancestry.

5. AttheendofourunitonMedievalWestAfrica,studentswillgivean_________________
presentationofaWestAfricanfolktale.

Name:____________________________________
Date:_______________________Period:________

DefiningWordsUsingtheWordParts
Definethefollowingwordsusingtheirwordpartsandidentifythepartofspeech:
Example:
Induction:(3)Prefix:inSuffix:ionRoot:duct
meaning:theactofleadinginto(Partofspeech:noun)

1.

g e n e a l o g i e s :(3)Prefix:___________Root:_____________________Suffix:_____________________

Meaning:__________________________________________________Partofspeech:(_____________________)

2.

o r a l :(2)Prefix:____________Root:__________________________Suffix:______________________

Meaning:________________________________________________Partofspeech:(_______________________)

3.

o r a l l y :(3)Prefix:_____________Root:_______________________Suffix:___________________

Meaning:________________________________________________Partofspeech:(_______________________)

4.

o r a t o r y :(2)Prefix:______________Root:_______________________Suffix:____________________

Meaning:_________________________________________________Partofspeech:(_____________________)

5.

t e r r a c o t t a :(2)Prefix:____________Root:___________________________Suffix:_________________

Meaning:________________________________________________Partofspeech:(_______________________)

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