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Language Arts I
Topic: Word Study – Prefixes and Suffixes
-A prefix can be a letter or group of letters that may be added to the beginning of a word in
order to modify its meaning. E.g. prehistoric: pre
-A suffix can be a letter or group of letters that may be added to the ending of a word in order to
modify its meaning. E.g. development: ment