Greek Roots I
📋 What it is
Greek roots build science and everyday words alike: bio = life, geo = earth, phon = sound, graph = write/draw, tele = far.
🗣️ Coach says
Greek gives us the vocabulary of ideas. "bio + graph + y" = a writing of a life = biography. Stack Greek roots and you can name almost any idea in the world.
🧠 Memory hook
bio = life · geo = earth · phon = sound · graph = write. Stack them to name ideas.
😂 Giggle
Why is the suffix "-able" so easygoing?
It makes everything do-able!
😲 Whoa!
A "dinosaur" is Greek for "terrible lizard" (deino + sauros) — the name is a description hiding in plain sight.
✅ Quick check: "Tele" means far and "phon" means sound. What is a "telephone"?
Say your answer out loud first — then reveal.
A far-sound device — it carries sound over a distance.
Combining two known Greek roots decodes a compound word instantly.
🧪 Try it! (2 minutes)
Use "graph" (write/draw) to explain what a "photograph" and an "autograph" each are.