UNHAPPY = not happy; sad; depressed

CHILDISH = marked by or suggestive of

immaturity and lack of poise
Structural Analysis

VOCABULARY
*Structural analysis is dividing unknown words
into parts to discover what they (unknown words)
mean.
 root
 affix (prefix and suffix)

*Understanding
Structural Analysis
ROOT WORD - does not have a prefix or a suffix
- base or core that can't be reduced into a smaller
word form

AFFIXES - letters that, as the name suggests, are “fixed to”

or added to a root so as to form a new word
2 Kinds: Prefix and Suffix
PREFIX - a letter or group of letters that is placed at the
beginning of a word to change its meaning
SUFFIX- a letter or group of letters that comes at the end
of a word to change its meaning

*Understanding
Structural Analysis
How many words can you create?
 How many words can you create?

ROOT WORDS

math
lead
little
PREFIXES due SUFFIXES
happy
after- cycle -able
in- flow -s
mis- condition -est
over- party -ing
un- cure -al
-ly
 How many words can you create?

ROOT WORDS

sad
PREFIXES SUFFIXES
nation
wonder
in- -ous
complete
mis- -s
take
over- -ant
proper
un- -ful
play
in- -est
spell
im- -ing
assist
-al
dance
-ly
-ful
 How many words can you create?

ROOT WORDS
PREFIXES SUFFIXES
do
in- ordinary -ness
mis- port -es
over- price -s
ex- terrestrial -ant
un- glad -ful
non- tomato -less
im- sense -est
extra- love -ing
-al
-ly