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READING SKILLS
Session 1
multiple-meaning words
A pesky fly kept buzzing by my ear!
My brother likes to design and fly paper airplanes.
words that sound or look alike
sees, seas, seize
for, four, fore
through, threw
toe, tow
synonyms and antonyms
He collapsed after another arduous day of work in the mine.
sees, seas, seize
for, four, fore
through, threw
toe, tow
prefixes and suffixes
Base word
think
Words made by adding parts
thinking, rethink, unthinkable, thinker
Root
dict
spect
Origin
Latin for say
Greek for observe
English example
diction
inspect
Prefix
sub
un-
Meaning
under
not
Example
submarine, underwater vessel
unbelievable, not to be believed
Suffix
-less
-ly
Meaning
without
in that way
Examples
sleepless, clueless, hopeless
gladly, quickly, immediately
terminology and jargon
Squeeze one, two chicks on a raft—wreck ’em,
shingle with a shimmy and a shake, and city juice—
86 the hail.
One orange juice, two eggs on toast—scrambled, buttered toast with jam, and
water—hold the ice!
context clue
Most American can only speak one _____.
Europeans, however, _____ several. As a
result, Europeans think _____ are unfriendly
and unwilling to communicate with them.
SOMETIMES AUTHORS NEED or want to use
words they know will be unknown by their readers.
She ran to the escarpment. Could she climb down the
steep hill in time to escape?
SOMETIMES AN AUTHOR JUST WANTS readers to
understand the context of a word, not necessarily the
exact meaning.
Dan was surprised that he hadn’t won the election. “That’s implausible!“ he whined.
denotation and connotation
snake
Denotation: scaly, legless reptile
Connotation: danger, evil, disloyal person