The main part of the final will test your ability to:

• identify the main ideas (of the article), supporting ideas (each paragraph’s main idea), and details (examples) of a reading
• summarize a reading
• scan for specific information in a reading
• find word meanings from context
• understand ideas even when you don’t understand all the words in the reading

A smaller part of the final will ask you to also:

• guess at the meaning of words that you may not know well by using your knowledge of prefixes, roots and suffixes
• demonstrate your understanding of specific vocabulary we have studied

You should be familiar with these suffixes. Make lists for yourself of words that use each one. Make flashcards to test yourself. Can you recognize if is a adjective, adverb or a noun (both person, and non-person nouns)?

Noun (person)	-er        -or         -ist
Noun	-ion  (-tion)  -ment        -ance            -ry        -ness         -ity         -tion
Adjective	-ive      -al           -ic        -able
Adverb	-ly

You should be familiar with these prefixes. Make lists for yourself of words that use each one. How does the prefix change the meaning of the word? Make flashcards to test yourself.

Prefix	Meaning?
Un-
Ex-
Pre-
Re-
Bi-
Co-
Dis-
Sub-

Important Vocabulary to Study. This vocabulary is listed by the chapters of our book. You should be able to  understand paragraphs that contain this vocabulary and be able to show you understand the difference between these words by select this vocabulary in multiple choice questions.

1 origin Original Originally Report Reportedly immoral Moral Morality Morally Involve Involved

2 Illiteracy Illiterate Literacy Literate Remarkable Unremarkable Aggression aggressive

3 Stand out Grow out of Expression express Equipment Characteristic characteristically Contribute contribution Interact interactive

4 Absence Dropout Experiment experimentally Official Officially unofficially expert

5 Gifted Injustice Justice Just Unjust Tend to Peer (n)

6 Critical Critic Criticize Sensitive Background Victim victimize Due to

7 Determine determined Get rid of