CPR Strategy
Roots
Prefixes
Suffixes
Potpourri
100

What does CPR stand for?

Context clues

word Parts and 

Resources


100

What does the Latin root SCOP mean?

see

100

What does the prefix PRE- mean?

prior to/before/earlier than/front

100

What does the Latin suffix ENCE/ANCE mean?

state of being

100
If the prefixes IN-/IM-/IL- mean "not," what does the word ILLITERATE mean?

not literate/not being able to read or write

200

Why should I use context clues? 

It helps to determine what a word means without having to stop and look the word up.

200

What does the Latin root TELE mean?

distance

200

What does the Latin prefixes IN/IM/IL mean?

not

200

What do the Latin suffixes -ABLE/-IBLE mean?

can be done

200

If the prefix/root arthro- means "joint" (like human joints--elbow, knees, etc.), then what does the word ARTHROSCOPE mean?

a special tool (a scope) used to see joints

300

What are the different parts that can make up a word?

Prefix

Root

Suffix

300

What does the Latin Root AUD mean?

hear/listen

300

What does the Anglo Saxon prefix FORE mean?

before/earlier

300

What does the Latin/Greek suffix -IZE mean?

to make/to cause to become

300

Of the following roots, which one means "feeling/suffering/disease"?

SPEC

AUD

PATH


PATH

400

Can you use a dictionary, website or teacher as a resource on the FAST assessment?

NO

400

What does the Latin root SPECT/SPEC mean?

see/watch/observe

400

What do the Latin prefixes EN/EM mean?

to cause to be/to put into or onto/to go into or onto

400

What does the Latin suffix -TUDE mean?

condition/state/quality of

400

Which of these suffixes means "to make/to cause/to become"?

-IZE

-MENT

-LY

-IZE

500

What are some examples of resources that you CAN use to determine the meaning(s) of unfamiliar words on the FAST assessment? Only 1 example is necessary to earn points.

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Marginal Notes

Footnote

Your own brain

500

What does the Greek root PATH mean?

feeling/suffering/disease

500

What does the Latin/Greek prefix PRO- mean?

forward/before/in support of 

500

What do the Anglo Saxon/Latin suffixes -ERY/-ARY mean?

relating to/quality of/place where/one who

500
Which of these words means "a person thinking about or planning the future with imagination or wisdom"?


VISIONATE

VISIONARY

VISIONIZE

VISIONARY