Chapter 4 Reflection

After reading Chapter 4 "Using word parts and learning new words", I've revisited what the following terms means:

Prefixes
Roots
Suffixes


Each of these terms, of course mean different things. A prefix alters the meaning of the root to which they are connected.  An example of this is a word like read and adding the prefix "re-" to the word read will make the work Reread. Roots actually carry the basic /core meaning of a word. An example of this is the root "Dic/'Dict". If you already know what this means (to tell or say) then you should have a clue of what the word Dictate means. The last word, Suffix, is a word ending that often changes the part of speech of a word. An example is adding a -y to a word like cloud, making the end work cloudy.

   While also reading the chapter, I had found some tips that were useful:

1. In most cases , a word is built upon at least one root
2.Words can have more than one prefix, root or suffix
3.Words do not always have a prefix and suffix.

   These are only some of the useful tips for people that want to tackle and understand the chapter.
Overall, I found this chapter very useful because sometimes we do forget certain things like prefixes and suffixes and its helpful to revisit these topics in school.