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Use it in a sentence
Decoding Strategies
Definitions
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Regulation
What are laws, order, control
100
Partial
What is complete, total?
100
Deprive
What is, "By not having any coffee, Mr. Barry deprived himself of his much-needed caffeine.
100
Looking at the other words in a sentence to try and figure out what the sentence is mostly about.
What is Context Clues
100
Conservation
What is saving something from extinction or running out.
200
Debate
What is argue, discuss, talk it out?
200
Confined
What is free, loose, plenty of space?
200
Surplus
What is..." Mr. Barry spent too much money at the comic book shop, so now he has a surplus of comics."
200
Looking at the pieces that come just before the root word. (Un-, sub-, -re)
What are Prefixes?
200
Humane
What is "treating something kindly and with respect?"
300
Sanctuary
What is safety, hiding place, refuge?
300
Distress
What is calm, safe, unworried?
300
Insignificant
"There was so little snow last night that it had an insignificant effect on my drive to school this morning."
300
Looking at the pieces that come just after the root word. (-ing, -ed, -tion)
What are suffixes?
300
Drastic
What is a big, sudden action?
400
Bias
What is influence, prejudice?
400
Churning
What is peaceful, calm?
400
Sincere
What is, "I could tell that his apology was very sincere?"
400
Putting in a different word to see if it makes sense
What are synonyms?
400
Poacher
What is someone who illegally hunts animals?
500
Explicit
What is direct, simple, right there, out-loud?
500
Booming
What is slow, steady, loss?
500
Argument
What is "The speaker made a very convincing argument for why we should NOT have year round school."
500
Looking for smaller words inside the word
What are root words?
500
Seizures
What is forcefully taking something away?