5 WORD BUILDING Ag'e re [ac'tus] = to do, drive, urge. Model analysis — Action from act, to do; ion, the act of; action, the act of doing. re act “Every opinion reacts upon him who utters it.?? “ Character itself fades away out of the inactive life.” - Brooks. Men transact business with one another. 66 Abraham Lincoln was so exact in all his dealings that people called him honest Abe.' Coffin. Evil counteracts the good. ex act 6 “Water, soft, pure, graceful water ! Earth has no other jewels so brilliant as the flashing spray of water upon which the sunlight pours. 66 Avoid extremes.” Cleobulus. power of words is immense. A well-chosen word has often sufficed to stop a flying army, to change defeat to victory, and to save an empire.” Memorize many of these quotations. quo ta'tion 7 When adding a suffix that begins with a vowel, all monosyllables ending with a consonant double the final consonant in case it is preceded by a single vowel. All words of two or more syllables with a final consonant whose primary accent falls upon the last syllable, also double the final consonant in the same 9 nour'ish em bitter en light'en a gree'a ble crit'i cism still'ness stead'y stead'i ness fea'ture The rains nourish the plants. 6. Truth embitters those whom it does not enlighten.” “ Animals are such agreeable friends. They ask no questions, they pass no criticisms.” — George Eliot. “Stillness of person and steadiness of features are signal marks of good breeding.” —0. W. Holmes. 10 clar'i on al'to bass ten'or oc'tave ov'er tone con tral'to bar'i tone lyre med'ley 11 “ The morning lark, the messenger of the day, Saluted with her song the morning gray." - John Dryden. “ True obedience does not argue or dispute.” 6 The difference between one boy and another is not so much in talent as in energy.” — Thomas Arnold. “The apparel oft proclaims the man." “ Now twilight lets her curtain down and pins it with a star.” 12 When adding a suffix that begins with a vowel, most words ending in ce, ee, oe, and ge retain the e. Some do so to keep the soft sounds of c and g, while others retain the e to preserve the identity of the primitive word. When adding some suffixes with a vowel for the first letter, a few words drop the e. singe'ing hing'ing ag'ing tinge'ing a gree'ing forc'ing flee'ing cring'ing trace'a ble man'ag ing toeling re joic'ing trac'ing man'age a ble hoeling shoeing av'er age factor Dress is a factor in business, no less so ci'e ty than in society. In this day, the aver age business man is demanding that his em'ploy eel employees be so attired as to impress at tired' favorably the persons whom they are im press' required to meet. fa'vor a bly The doe led her fawn upon the doe meadow, begemmed with the dewbe gemmed' drops of early morning. 14 WORD BUILDING Scrib'e re [scrip'tus] = to write. Ars, artis = art. art " As no man is born an artist, so no man is born an angler.” — Izaak Walton. This line is not in script but in print. “ All Scripture is given for instruction.” “ In a very special sense man is artistic." - Lilly. To those who fought and died for liberty, we ascribe all praise. “ And now subscribe your names." 66 A word once uttered can never be recalled." |