Vocabulary and Spelling Strategies and Practice Grade 11 Vocabulary for Writing in the Real World Eyewitness to a Hurricane 1 Where Her Characters Come From. 2 Discovery in the Digs . . . . 3 More Than a Baseball Story. . . . . . . 4 When the World Wants to Know. . . 5 A Plea for the Rights of Native Ancestors . . . . 6 Literature Vocabulary Black Ice . . . . . . 7 An American Childhood . . 8 “The Signature” 9 “The Case of Harry Houdini” . . . . 10 The Soul of a New Machine . . . . . . 11 “Of Accidental Judgments and Casual Slaughters”. . 12 Learning from Context Learning from Context: Example . 13 Learning from Context: Comparison . . . . . . 14 Word Roots and Compounds Word Roots and Base Words . . . . . 15 Latin Roots I . 16 Latin Roots II . 17 Latin Roots III 18 Latin Roots IV . . . . . . .. 19 Greek Roots . . 20 Compound Words . . . . . 21 Prefixes Prefixes Meaning “Not” . 22 Prefixes That Tell When. 23 Prefixes That Tell Where or How. . 24 Prefixes That Tell How Much or How Well. . 25 Suffixes Changing Meaning with Suffixes. . 26 Suffix Patterns I ment, er . . . . . 27 Suffix Patterns II ify, ification, ifier . . . . 28 Suffix Patterns III ate, ation, ator. . . . . . 29 Suffix Patterns IV ion, ive wwo spelling changes. . 30 Suffix Patterns V ation, er . . . . 31 Suffix Patterns VI ant, ent; ance, ence . 32 Suffix Patterns VII ant, ent; ancy, ency. 33 Suffix Patterns VIII ate, acy . . . 34 Using the Dictionary and Thesaurus Using the Dictionary: Multiple Meanings. . . 35 Using the Thesaurus: Synonyms . . 36 Using the Dictionary:Word Origins . . . . . . . 37 Using Spelling Rules Spelling ie and ei . . . . . . 38 Spelling cede, ceed, and sede . . . 39 Spelling Unstressed Vowels . . . . . . 40 Adding Prefixes . . . . . . . 41 Suffixes and the Silent e . 42 Suffixes and the Final y . 43 Doubling the Final Consonant . . . 44 Adding ly . . . 45 Adding ness . . 46 Forming Compound Words . . . . . 47 Forming Plurals: General Rules. . . 48 Forming Plurals: Special Rules . . . 49 Mastering Troublesome Words Words Easily Confused . 50 Frequently Misspelled Words I . . . 51 Frequently Misspelled Words II. . . 52 Answers . 53