Affixes

Question 1

What are affixes?

Answer 1

Affixes are small word particles, particularly few letters added to a root word to change its meaning or grammatical properties.

Question 2

How are affixes used in poetry?

Answer 2

In poetry, affixes are used to uncover the new meaning of certain words.

Question 3

What are the four kinds of affixes?

Answer 3

The four kinds of affixes are prefixes, suffixes, infixes, and circumfixes.

Question 4

What are prefixes?

Answer 4

Prefixes are affixes added to the beginning of the root word.

Question 5

What are suffixes?

Answer 5

Suffixes are affixes added to the end of the root word.

Question 6

What are infixes?

Answer 6

Infixes are affixes added in the middle of the root word, not available in the English language but possible in other languages like Tagalog.

Question 7

What are circumfixes?

Answer 7

Circumfixes are affixes added to the beginning and the end of the root word.