self made sat vocab Flashcards
(19 cards)
Prosaic
commonplace or a common style of writing
“The prosaic method of writing an autobiography is to use MLA format
what does the root mis mean
hate
what does the root pug mean
fighting or warring
repugnant
what does the root path mean
feelings
empathy
what does it mean when there is an ‘a’ in front of a word
ex. apathy
i means without
apathy means without feelings
what does anti mean as a prefix
going against anything
what does the root bene mean
good
ex benefit
what does the root antro mean
mankind
ex anthropology
what does the root ology mean
study of
ex. sociology
what does the root philo mean
loves
ex. philosophy
what does the root sophy mean
learning
ex. philosophy
what does the root ped mean
DOUBLE MEANING
kids like in pediatrician
or feet like in pedicure
what does the root mis mean
hate
ex misogynist
what does the root loc mean
words
ex eloquent
what does the root ious mean
full of
the colon :
complete sentence : anything (list, idea, etc) [remeber that the other side of the colon explains more]
the semicolon ;
complete sentence ; complete sentences
semicolons connect two related sentences
EXECPT
also can be used to seperate items in a list (especially if there are multiple commas already in the sentence or the items in the sentence are super long)
the comma ,
CANNOT SEPERATE FWO COMPLETE SENTENCES
*unless the second part starts w one of the FANBOYS (for, and, nor, but, or, yet, so)
can you seperate non essential information by mixing and matching punctuation marks
No
