contest
”Stanley really thought his story would win the writing contest." -from Stanley and the Wild Words
Meaning? contest: an event in which people compete.
contest: call to witness detest: "execrate, hate, dislike intensely," also "to curse, to call God to witness and abhor” protest: bear witness publicly intestate: without a duly witnessed will testimony: evidence of a witness Morphological relatives will share the same base element and meaning.
Etymology:
Source: Online Etymology Dictionary
con + test con Latin testis “with, together” “witness”
Morphological Relatives: Meet the family…
Relatives?
Structure?
contest à con + test
Pronunciation?
A grapheme is a written symbol (letter or string of letters) One of its jobs may be to represent a sound (phoneme). What phoneme, if any, does each grapheme represent?
Say the word, “contest.” How many phonemes do you hear?
What phoneme, if any, does each represent?grapheme c o n bt e s t prefix base element
Explain what the following quote mean to you:
“Life is not a popularity contest.” -A. D. Parker
Word Quest completed! Whatnew questions do you have?
What was surprising about the“contest” investigation?
Now, share what you’velearned, as well as your stories and ideas, with others.
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