A Word Identification Strategy
The English language has borrowed heavily from Greek and Latin. This may be one reason that when you read, you encounter words which that are sometimes vague, in a sense that it seems common or familiar to you and yet, you do not know the meaning of the word. This is where the Word Identification Strategy comes in. It enables you to analyze a new vocabulary for you to understand what the word represents.Below are the steps of identifying words to enhance your vocabulary in using the word identification strategy. Each step explains a way to carry out whenever you encounter an indistinct word. Use the following methods until the word is defined and you will see that your word power will be increased tremendously.1. EXAMINE the word AGAINLook at the word over again. As you analyze the word the second time, utter the le dietrine tters composing the word. This allows you to examine the word more carefully. There are instances that constantly examining the word makes us recall it.2. READ THE SENTENCEUnfamiliar terms can at times be determined through its use in a sentence. Through this step, you will be able to identify the definition of the word by knowing its usage.3. PREFIXRead if the word contains a prefix. Remember that a prefix is attached to the beginning of the words to modify its meaning. To guide you, here are some examples: transfinite, declass, commix4. FIND A SUFFIXLike in the step 3, read if the word contains (now) a suffix. Recall that a suffix is a letter or group of letters added at the end of a word. An example is provided for you: cartoonist5. FIND THE STEMThe stem is the base of the word where a prefix or a suffix is added.