Word Roots and Affixe
This strategy involves breaking a word down into its root, prefix, and suffix to understand it.
- Strategy: Analyzing root words and affixes.
- How it went: "I focused on learning common prefixes and suffixes. Today, I came across the word 'multidimensional.' Because I knew 'multi-' means many, I could figure out the word had something to do with many layers or aspects."
- New Words: Benevolent (root 'bene' means good) and Anachronism