ACHS Words Week 16

1. ACHS Words Week 16 tele-far offterr-earthvac- emptyvid, vis-see anthropo-man

2. telephone, telegraph, telegram, telescope, television, telephoto, telecast, telepathy • tele- • 1 • a combining form meaning “distant,” especially “transmission over a distance,” used in the formation of compound words: telegraph. • Also, tel-, telo-. • Origin: combining form representing Greek têle far, akin to télos end (see tele-2 ) On a daily basis, how often do you use your telephone?

3. Ways we communicate over distance

4. What kind of a telescope is this? What is the purpose of a telescope?

5. Are you able to send mental messages to your loved ones?

6. TERR=EARTH • extraterrestrial (adjective) • 1. Originating, located, or occurring outside earth or its atmosphere (outer space); such as, intelligent extraterrestrial life.2. Originating from sources other than the earth; such as, the extraterrestrial sun. • extraterritorial (adjective) • 1. Located outside territorial boundaries; such as, fishing in extraterritorial waters.2. Of or relating to people who are exempt from the legal jurisdiction of the country in which they reside. • mediterranean (adjective) • Surrounded nearly or completely by dry land. A reference to large bodies of water; such as, lakes or seaslike the Mediterranean Sea. What connections can you make to these words?

7. Vacant : adj.Empty; not occupiedVacancy : n.The state of being emptyVacation : n.A rest from work; a holiday • Vacuum : n.A space entirely devoid of matter; an emptiness; as, nature abhors a vacuum. • Vacuole : n.A small cavity in space or tissue which contains air or fluid Empty

8. The Latin root words vis and its variant vid both mean “see.” These Latin roots are the word origin of a good number of English vocabulary words, including visual, invisible, provide, and evidence. The Latin root vis is easily recalled through the word vision, someone’s ability to “see,” whereas vid can be remembered through video, or moving images which you “see” on a screen. Vid/vis=see

9. vision: power of ‘seeing’ • visible: able to be ‘seen’ • invisible: not able to be ‘seen’ • television: device on which pictures are ‘seen’ from far away • advise: to tell someone the way you ‘see’ towards a particular matter • visit: to go to ‘see’ someone • video: moving pictures ‘seen’ on a screen • evidence: items thoroughly or fully ‘seen’ in a court case • revise: to ‘see’ to again Can you use these in a sentence?

10. Anthropomorphism or personification is any attribution of human characteristics (or characteristics assumed to belong only to humans) to other animals, non-living things, phenomena, material states, objects or abstract concepts, such as organizations, governments, spirits or deities. • The term was coined in the mid-1700s. • Examples include animals and plants and forces of nature such as winds, rain or the sun depicted as creatures with human motivations, and/or the abilities to reason and converse. Manlike-

11. 1. My stomach was punishing me for not eating on time.Here, the stomach is given the human ability to punish.2. His shoes told a different story. They had certainly traveled more than he said they had.Here, the shoes are given the human ability to speak and to travel.3. The rain was angry; you could tell just by listening to it from indoors.Here, the rain is given the human trait of being angry. Using personification, do these sentences sound more interesting?

12. Explain the joke.

13. Anthropocentric : adj.Assuming that man is the center of allAnthropology : n.The science of man Is man more like an ape or an angel?

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