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- Greg Malivuk
- http://www.pastebin.com/u/gmalivuk - notes from all classes
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- Word Roots (list 5) - With your partner, try to think of one or two words to explain the meaning of each root.
- morph = form
- multi = many (from Latin)
- nat = birth
- neo = new
- nom/nym = name
- nov (novelty) = new
- nov (November) = nine
- ob = in front of / block
- omni = all (from Latin)
- opt (optimal) = best
- opt (optician) = eye/sight
- paleo = old (opposite of “neo”)
- pan = all (from Greek)
- path = feeling (emotion) / feeling sick (disease)
- ped = foot
- ped/paed = child
- peri = around
- phil = love (many words ending in -phile or -philia have medical or sexual meanings)
- phob = fear (usually an irrational fear that might need help from a doctor, but not always)
- phon = sound
- photo = light
- pod = foot
- poly = many (from Greek)
- port = carry/pass through
- post = after
- proto = first
- pseudo = fake
- psych = mind
- pute = consider/count
- pyro = fire
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- pyro -> fire
- pod -> foot
- pater -> father
- quod -> what
- Grimm’s Law describes sound changes in Germanic languages (which includes English)
- Voiced stops lose voicing: b -> p, d -> t, g -> k
- Stops become fricatives: p -> f, t -> th, k -> /x/ or h
- quod -> hwaet -> what
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- Reading Section: first section, 60-80 minutes, three or four passages, around 14-15 questions each
- Reading Question Types:
- - vocabulary
- - fact
- - negative fact
- - purpose
- - inference
- - paraphrase
- - reference
- - sentence insertion
- - summarize
- - organize
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- DELTA p. 149 - Which ideas below the passage are the most important? Why not the others?
- Incorrect answers are often minor details. They may express true information, but it’s not important to the overall article.
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- p. 151 - Without first reading the text, which of these answer choices seem like minor details that you could eliminate as answer choices? (Use the introductory sentence to help you.)
- A - minor detail, not directly related to the history of the piano
- B - maybe not minor (it’s about the invention of a new musical instrument)
- C - maybe not minor
- D - probably major
- E - maybe not minor
- F - minor, not about the beginning of the history of the piano
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- If you read the passage, you’ll see that C is not mentioned, so the correct answers are B, D, E.
- Incorrect answers are often
- - minor or supporting details (these you should often be able to identify without reading the passage)
- - inaccurate according to the passage
- - not mentioned in the passage
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- BREAK
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- https://000024.org/religions_tree/religions_tree_8.html
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- Handout (Cengage) p. 156-157 - Take 3 minutes to skim the passage for main ideas and answer the summary question.
- paragraph 1 - economic resources = property resources and human resources
- paragraph 2 - property resources: land (natural resources) and capital (tools to produce things)
- paragraph 3 - human resources: labor (skills to produce goods) and entreprenurial skills
- paragraph 4 - economic resources are limited
- Correct answers to the question: B E F
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- p. 158-159 passage 2 - Take 4 minutes to skim and answer the summary question
- 1 West Side Story is based on Romeo and Juliet
- 2 Bernstein, Sondheim, Robbins; importance of dance
- 3 success and awards for the play
- 4 made into a movie
- answers: B C D
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- p. 160-161 passage 3 - Look at the answer choices. Which seem like minor details? (A, C, F)
- Correct answers: B D E
- Even if you think you’ve correctly eliminated three choices, if you have time you should still scan the passage for the answers you think are correct, to make sure they are mentioned and accurate.
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- p. 162-164 passage 4 - Take 7 minutes to skim the passage quickly and answer the summary question.
- correct answers: A D F
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- passage 5 - Do the same thing. B C E
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- Homework: DELTA p. 152-156 exercise 1.8.A
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