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ExpansionWeb:light
light
lightlylightlesslightlessly
lightlessnessrelightrelightedrelighting
lightweightlighthouselightprooflightheartedflashlight
daylightdelightheadlight
lighterlightest
lightslightedlightinglightable
(AdaptedfromHenry,2010)1
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ExpansionWebActivity:word
word
(AdaptedfromHenry,2010)2
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ExpansionWeb:rupt
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rupt
ab-abruptabruptly
abruptness
dis-disruptdisruptsdisruptingdisrupteddisruptivedisruptively
disruptiveness
e-erupteruptseruptederuptioneruptions
rupturerupturedrupturesrupturing
un-,in-uninterruptuninterrupted
cor-corruptcorruptscorruptedcorruptlycorruptingcorruptive
corruptivenesscorruptivelycorruptivitycorruptionIncorruptibleincorruptibility
(AdaptedfromHenry,2010)
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DeterminingWordMeaning
DefinetheinventedwordsonthefirstpageofHandout7.
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UsingKnowledgeofMorphology
• caustocelerator:apersonorthingthatburnsquickly
• durocranialness:thestateofbeinghardheaded
• dendrodemoite:treepeople• unfractable:notabletobebroken• osteostructor: onewhobuildsbones
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ReviewTheseTerms
• Baseword• Prefix• Suffix• Derivative
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