Download Lesson 7R: Parts of Speech Suffixes + Vocab Parallel Structure

Lesson 7R:
Parts of Speech
Suffixes + Vocab
Parallel Structure
SSR: 9 Minutes
No journal entry today 
Lesson Goals Today
Develop and review the parts of speech
Apply knowledge of parts of speech to word parts, and identify suffixes of
words
Breakdown parallel structure in writing
Parts of Speech Review
Why: to understand vocabulary development, you need to be able to
understand word parts, and how they affect the part of speech (noun, verb,
adjective, etc.)
Prefixes
Roots
Suffixes
Noun: Person, Place, Thing, Idea
Proper Noun: Person, Place (Mr. Shockley, Avon High School)
Common Nouns: unspecific (pencil, dog)
Concrete Noun: tangible (dog, school, principal)
Abstract Noun: intangible (bravery, principle, love)
Verbs: Actions or States of Being
Action Verbs: What the Subject/Noun is doing (run, jump,
play)
Helping Verb: Help an action verb (could run, does jump,
will play)
Infinitive Verb: has “to” in front (to be, to have, to hold)
Adjectives: Describe or Modify
Nouns/Pronouns
What kind, which one, how many
Adorable, bewildered, clumsy, disgusted, elegant, fancy, grotesque,
handsome, innocent, jealous, kind, lazy, mushy, nasty, obnoxious, poised,
quaint, repulsive, sparkling, talented, unusual, victorious, witty, zany
Adverbs: Describe/Modify
Adjectives, Adverbs, Nouns
Explain how, when, where, why
Most often: “ly”
Swiftly: how something was done
Suffixes
At the end of the word
Identify the part of speech of the word
Add the meaning of the word
Rebellion: “Act or Process of” is the meaning of suffix “—ion”
Example Word Sheet
Remember that the word you create has to match the part of speech!
Syntax + Parallel Structure
Page 12
Whether creating narratives or other forms or writing, writers use sentence
structure (syntax) to create the effects they want. Using parallelism is one
way of creating balanced sentence structure by creating a series at the word,
phrase, or clause level.
Parallel structure consists of two or more words, phrases, or clauses that
are similar in length and grammatical form.
A phrase is a group of related words that together function as a single part of
speech.
A clause is a group of words containing both a subject and a predicate.
Parallelism in Writing
Using parallelism is one way of creating balanced sentence structure by
creating a series at the word, phrase, or clause level.
Words: simple nouns, pronouns, adjectives, adverbs, gerunds; e.g., “My
guinea pig eats nuts, seeds, and lettuce leaves.”
Phrases: prepositional phrases (prepositions followed by nouns); e.g., “My
cat raced in the door, onto the table, and into my lap.”
Clauses: parallel subject and verb; e.g., “We swept the floor, we dusted the
mantle, and we cooked a hot meal to welcome our guests.”
Examples: Identify Parallel
Structure
Look for that repetition or balance in words, phrases, and clauses
“But, in a larger sense, we cannot dedicate, we cannot consecrate, we cannot
hallow this ground.”
“. . . government of the people, by the people, for the people shall not perish
from the earth.”
Section 3
Describe each chunk as using parallelism with words, phrases, or clauses.
Highlight the parallelism in each chunk.
“To strengthen, perpetuate, and extend this interest [slavery] was the object
for which the insurgents would rend the Union, even by war…”
“With malice toward none; with charity for all; with firmness in the right, as
God gives us to see the right, let us strive on to finish the work we are in…”
Homework: Separate Sheet
Bottom of Page 13
Rewrite the sentences (1-4) with correct parallel structure
Due next class