Latin Roots - Umile

am, amat

love

ann, enn

year

aqu

water

aud, audit

hear

capit

head

cent

hundred

cred, credit

believe, trust

dic, dict

say

duc, duct 

lead 

fid

faith, trust

frater, fratr 

brother

greg

flock

litera

letter

loc

place

loqu, locut

talk

mal

bad

man, manu

hand

mater, matr, metr

mother

mit, miss

send 

mor, mort

death

Narration

Recounting a series of events based on personal experience or on knowledge gained from observation. Chronology governs this

Description 

Emphasizes painting a picture on how something looks, sounds, smells, tastes, or feels. Closely linked with narration

Process Analysis

How something works, how to do something, or how something is done 

Definition

Highlighting the qualities of something or evaluating something for a meaningful conversation

Exemplification

Providing specific facts, examples, cases, and instances to to turn a general idea into a concrete one

Compare and Contrast

Juxtaposing two things to highlight their similarities and differences

Classification and Division

Sorting materials and ideas into major categories in which writers can make connections upon

Cause and Effect

What happens when one thing corresponds with another (result of which)

mov, mot, mob

move

nov

new

omni

all

ped

food

pon, posit

place

port, portat

carry

prim

first

reg

rule

rupt

break

sanct

holy

scrib, script

write

seq, sect

cut

sequ, secut

follow

sign

sign

sol

alone

son

sound

spec, spect

look

spir, spirat

breathe

tempor

time

terra

earth