cording to the examples given under "Directions to
Pupils", and then let each pupil read to the class what he has written
on the board.

DIRECTIONS TO PUPILS.

Given in the seventh and eighth years' work of the State Course of
Study are 45 prefixes, 64 roots, and 33 suffixes,--in all 142 elements
or component parts of words. In this book a list of words is furnished
to illustrate each element, the average number of words in each list
being about eleven, and the total number of different words analyzed,
or partially analyzed, is over 1200.

TO ANALYZE A WORD.

1. Name its component parts--root, prefix, and suffix--and give the
literal meaning of each.

2. Combine these meanings in a definition, _supplying additional words
if necessary_, to make the sense complete. In exceptional cases,
however, the exact literal meanings of the parts cannot be put
together in a good definition. One or more of the parts must then be
omitted entirely, or represented by words which are not exactly
literal.

3. Give an illustration of the use of the word.

(Caution: Carefully distinguish verbs, adjectives and nouns. Do not
define adjectives as nouns or verbs, or vice versa. Do not, for
illustration, say _audible_ is _that which_ can be _heard_; but rather
say _audible_ means _capable of_ being _heard_.)

EXAMPLES.

avert: (1) _a_, away + _vert_, turn.
(2) To _turn away_; to ward off.
(3) The evils which exist are necessary to _avert_ greater evils.

deify: (1) _dei_, god + _fy_, to make.
(2) To _make_ a _god_ of; to praise and revere as if a deity.
(3) The people of India _deify_ the Ganges River.

hostile: (1)_host_, enemy + _ile_, belonging to.
(2) _Belonging to_ or having the characteristics of an _enemy_.
(3) Yon tower which rears its head so high invites the
_hostile_ winds.

portable: (1) _port_, carry + _able_, capable of.
(2) _capable of_ being _carried_ or moved from place to place;
not stationary.
(3) A _portable_ photograph gallery stopped for three
days at the cross-roads near my home.

benefactor: (1) _bene_, good + _fact_, make, do + _or_, one who.
(2) _One who does good_; especially one who makes a
charitable donation.
(3) "He is a true _benefactor_ and alone worthy of ho