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Classical roots

Classical roots. Lesson 5. Scrib / scrip. <L. to write. postscript. A note added after ending a letter (often abbreviated ps ). . prescription. An order for medicine or other treatment written by a doctor. scribe.

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Classical roots

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  1. Classicalroots Lesson 5

  2. Scrib/ scrip • <L. to write

  3. postscript • A note added after ending a letter (often abbreviated ps).

  4. prescription • An order for medicine or other treatment written by a doctor

  5. scribe • Before the invention of printing, a person who wrote books by hand; a writer

  6. script • The text of a play, movie or broadcast

  7. subscription • An order for, or a pledge to pay for, regular copies of a publication, a group of plays or concerts, and so on.

  8. Practice! • Order for treatment… subscription? prescription? (prescription)

  9. Practice! • The text of a play, movie or broadcast… script? scribe? (script)

  10. Practice! • A note at the end of a letter… subscription? postscript? (postscript)

  11. graph • <G. to write, to record

  12. autobiography • A life story written by the person who lived it

  13. autograph • To sign one’s name

  14. biography • An account of someone’s life, written by another person

  15. Geography • The study of the features of the different places on earth

  16. paragraph • A section of a piece of writing, dealing with one topic

  17. Practice! • An account of someone’s life, written by another person biography? autobiography? (biography)

  18. Practice! • The study of the features of the earth geography? autobiography? (geography)

  19. challenge! My grandmother has collected the __________ from many famous people. (autographs)

  20. challenge! The style of the _______ used to write the Declaration of Independence is hard to read today. (script)

  21. challenge! I read Helen Keller’s ____________ last year. She told all about her struggle to learn despite her disabilities. (autobiography)

  22. challenge! Monks were _________ who copied books by hand during the Middle Ages. (scribes)

  23. challenge! The unauthorized ___________ of the troubled actor gave a lot of private details about which he was quite upset. (biography)

  24. challenge! The ___________ of the region matches ancient descriptions of the lost city. (geography)

  25. challenge! The library has ____________ to many magazines and newspapers. (subscriptions)

  26. challenge! To mark the beginning of a _________, you must indent half an inch. (paragraph)

  27. challenge! The actress read her part of the _________ for audition. (script)

  28. challenge! Many of the Disney characters will sign __________if you bring a pen and paper. (autographs)

  29. challenge! If you forget to write something in the letter, you can add it in the ___________. (postscript)

  30. nouns • postscript • prescription • scribe • script • subscription • autobiography • autograph • biography • geography • paragraph

  31. verbs • autograph

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