2018-05-30 TOEFL: word roots, reading purpose

Greg Malivuk
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http://www.pastebin.com/u/gmalivuk - notes from all classes
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Word roots - list 4 - With your partner, try to explain the meaning of each root with one or two words.
icon (iconography, iconoclast, iconic) = image
idio (idiomatic, idiosyncrasy, idiot) = oneself
il/im/in/ir (illegal, impossible, inconsiderate, irresponsible) = not
il/im/in/ir (illuminate, impress, inhale, irradiate) = in
	il before L
	im before P, B, M
	ir before R
	in before everything else
infra (infrastructure, infrared) = under (The opposite prefix is “ultra”.)
inter (interview, international, intercept) = between
intra/intro (intravenous, introvert) = into/inward
ject (interject, eject) = throw/thrust
junct (junction, conjunction, adjunct) = join
kine (kinetic, kinesthetic, telekinesis) = movement
lab (labor, collaborate, elaborate) = work
lex/lect (lexical, dyslexia, lecture, dialect) = words/speech (This is the same root as “collect” and “elect”, which means “pick out” or “choose”. The idea is that speaking involves picking out words.)
loc (location, dislocation, relocate) = place
luc (translucent, elucidate) = light
lum (illuminate, lumen) = light
macro (macroeconomics, macroevolution) = big
magni (magnify, magnificent, magnate) = great (in size or quality)
mal (malpractice, malaria, malicious) = bad
man/mani/manu (manual, maneuver, manuscript) = hand
mar (marine, maritime) = sea
mega (megabyte, megastructure, megalith) = huge (also the unit prefix for 1,000,000)
meta (metamorphosis, metastasis) = change
meta (metaphysics, metacognition, metadata) = beyond/about (metacognition is thinking about thought)
micro (microscope, microphone, microbe) = tiny (also the prefix for 1/1,000,000)
migr (immigrate, migrant) = move (oneself)
mis (misbehave, misnomer) = wrong/incorrect
miss/mit (dismiss, transmit, missile) = send
mono (monochromatic, monotonous, monologue) = one (This is the Greek root.)
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TOEFL: 4 hours, $200, 120 points, 4 sections
1 reading: 60-80 minutes, 3 or 4 passages, approximately 14 questions about each passage
2 listening: 60-90 minutes, 2 or 3 sets of three listenings each, about 17 questions per set
	(10-minute break)
3 speaking: 20 minutes total, 6 tasks, 5.5 minutes of speaking (recorded by the computer)
4 writing: 55-60 minutes, 2 tasks, 20 and 30 minutes of writing time
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Reading Question Types:
- vocabulary
- fact
- negative fact
- paraphrase
- purpose
- reference
- inference
- sentence insertion
- summarize
- organize/categorize
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Purpose Questions - These ask about why the author did a particular thing.
(Some questions are the reverse. They ask how the author accomplishes a particular purpose.)
DELTA p. 91 - General description of purpose questions.
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p. 94 - take 2 minutes to answer these two questions about the passage.
1 A
2 D
p. 95-97 - Take 7 minutes to finish 1.5.A
3 B (The narrator is a character within a story, but Leacock is the author.)
4 A
5 C
6 D
7 C
8 C
9 A
10 C
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BREAK
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Handout (Cengage) p. 85 - Take 4 minutes to answer the four T/F questions about Passage 1
1 T
2 F
3 F
4 F
Take 6 minutes to answer the questions about Passage 2.
5 T
6 T
7 F
8 T
9 F
10 T
11 F
Take 3 minutes for passage 3
12 F
13 T
14 F
15 T
3 minutes for passage 4
16 F
17 F
18 F
19 T
20 T
4 minutes for passage 5
21 T
22 F
23 T
24 T (Lacking leadership by being in management mode is a failure of leadership.)
2 minutes for 6
25 F
26 T
27 T
3 minutes for 7
28 T
29 F
30 F
31 T
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DELTA p. 98-100 - Take 8 minutes to do exercise 1.5.B. Then compare your answers with your partner and convince them they’re wring when you disagree.
1 A
2 D
3 B
4 B
5 D
6 A
7 A
8 C
9 C
10 D
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Listening Question Types:
- main idea (content or purpose)
- detail
- inference
- purpose
- function
- prediction
- attitude
- organization (how is the lecture organized?)
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Homework: finish the Cengage handout (p. 91-99)