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! re ac'tion in active ac'tive ly trans act ac'tor a'gent ex act' a'gen cy coun ter 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. "Abraham Lincoln was so exact in all his dealings that people called him 'honest Abe.'" Coffin. Evil counteracts the good. grace'ful brilliant a void' ex treme' suf fice' suf ficed' de feat' em'pire mem'o rize quo ta'tion 6 "Water, soft, pure, graceful water ! Earth has no other jewels so brilliant as the flashing spray of water upon which the sunlight pours." "Avoid extremes." Cleobulus. "The 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. 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 nour'ish em bit'ter en light'en a gree'a ble crit'i cism still'ness stead'y stead'i ness fea'ture 9 The rains nourish the plants. "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."-O. W. Holmes. sa lute' sa lut'ed o be'di ence ar'gue dis pute' tal'ent en'er gy ap par'el pro claim' twi'light "The morning lark, the messenger of the day, Saluted with her song the morning gray." John Dryden. "True obedience does not argue or dispute. "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. fac'tor so ci'e ty av'er age em'ploy ee' at tired' im press' fa'vor a bly doe Dress is a factor in business, no less than in society. In this day, the average business man is demanding that his employees be so attired as to impress favorably the persons whom they are required to meet. The doe led her fawn upon the meadow, begemmed with the dew be gemmed' drops of early morning. 14 WORD BUILDING Scrib'e re [scrip'tus] = to write. art art'ist script scrip'ture art'ful ar tist'ic art'less pre scribe' a scribe' sub scribe' "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 instruc tion." "In a very special sense artistic." Lilly. man is To those who fought and died for liberty, we ascribe all praise. "And now subscribe your names." "A word once uttered can never be recalled." |