Classical RootsLesson 1: NUMBERS

ROOTS• MONOS• UNUS• DUO/DUPLEX• BI

MONOS <G. ONEMONOLOGUEMONARCHMONOGRAMMONOPOLY MONOLITH

MONOLOGUE• a long speech made by one

performer or by one person in a group

(logos <G. word, speech)

MONARCH• A person who rules a kingdom or

group

• A king or queen, emperor or empress

(arkos <G. ruler)

MONOGRAM• A design composed of letters,

usually the first letter of a name

(gramma <G. letter)

MONOPOLY• Exclusive control of the trade in

some item or service

• Sole ownership or control of anything

(polein <G. to sell)

MONOLITH• A large block of stone

• A large organization that acts as a single unit

(lithos <G. stone)

PRACTICE! WHICH WORD IS RELATED TO A

RULER?

MONOLITH? MONARCH? MONOGRAM?

(MONARCH)

PRACTICE! WHICH WORD WOULD BE

ASSOCIATED WITH SEEING YOUR INITIALS?

MONOPOLY? MONOLOGUE? MONOGRAM?

(MONOGRAM)

PRACTICE!STONEHENDGE IS A CREATION

MADE OF SEVERAL…

MONOLITHS? MONARCHS? MONOPOLIES?

(MONOLITHS)

PRACTICE! SHAKESPEARE IS KNOWN FOR

REVEALING A CHARACTER’S FEELINGS THROUGH A SPEECH CALLED A ...

MONOPOLY? MONOLOGUE?

(MONOLOGUE)

UNUS <L. ONEUNANIMOUSUNILATERAL

UNANIMOUS• Being in complete agreement

(animus <L. mind, spirit)

UNILATERAL• One-sided

• Done by or affecting one person, group, or country and not another

(latus <L. side)

DUO <L. TWO or DUPLEX <L. TWOFOLD

• DUPLEX

• DUPLICATE

DUPLEX• A dwelling with two living units

DUPLICATE• To make an identical copy or

double of something

• To repeat

(plicare <L. to fold)

PRACTICE! A ONE-SIDED DECISION WOULD

BE DESCRIBED AS BEING…

UNANIMOUS? DUPLICATE? UNILATERAL?

(UNILATERAL)

PRACTICE! IF EVERYBODY AGREES, THE

DECISION IS …

DUPLICATE? UNILATERAL? UNANIMOUS?

(UNANIMOUS)

BI <L. TWO• BILATERAL• BIPARTISAN• BISECT

BILATERAL• Having two sides

• Made between two persons or groups

(latus <L. side)

BIPARTISAN• Involving two political parties

(pars, partis <L. part)

BISECT• To divide into two equal parts

(secare <L. to cut)

PRACTICE! If you dividing something into

two equal parts, you are …

bisecting? bilateral? bipartisan?

(BISECTING)

CHALLENGE! WHICH WORD WILL BE

ASSOCIATED WITH SOMEBODY SPEAKING OR GIVING A SPEECH?

(MONOLOGUE)

CHALLENGE! WHICH WORDS WILL BE USED TO

REFER TO “ONE SIDE” VERSUS “TWO SIDES”?

(UNILATERAL and BILATERAL)

CHALLENGE! WHICH WORD IS GOING TO BE

USED TO DESCRIBE FANCY LETTERING?

(MONOGRAM)

CHALLENGE! WHICH WORD IS GOING TO BE

USED TO DESCRIBE A PLACE WITH TWO SPACES FOR LIVING?

(DUPLEX)

CHALLENGE! WHAT TWO WORDS MAY BE

USED TO REFER TO “A VERY STRONG, SUCCESSFUL

CORPORATION”?

(MONOPOLY and MONOLITH)

CHALLENGE! A DECISION MADE BY JUST ONE

PERSON FOR A WHOLE GROUP WOULD BE CALLED A

___________ DECISION.

UNILATERAL

CHALLENGE!The comedian is famous for his

____________on winning the lottery.

MONOLOGUE

CHALLENGE! DO YOU KNOW THE TWO DIFFERENT DEFINITIONS FOR

MONOLITH?

1) LARGE BLOCK OF STONE2) A LARGE ORGANIZATION THAT

ACTS AS A SINGLE UNIT

CHALLENGE! WHICH WORD IS IN REFERENCE

TO TWO POLITICAL PARTIES?

(BIPARTISAN)

CHALLENGE! CAN YOU PLACE THE WORDS

INTO PARTS OF SPEECH GROUPS?

Nouns? Adjectives? Verbs?

NOUNSMONOLOGUE MONARCHMONOGRAMMONOPOLYMONOLITHDUPLEX

ADJECTIVESUNANIMOUSUNILATERALBILATERALBIPARTISAN

VERBSMONOGRAMDUPLICATEBISECT

CHALLENGE! CAN YOU CREATE THE

ALTERNATE FORMS OF THE VOCABULARY WORDS?

ALTERNATE FORMS CHANGE MONARCH TO AN

ADJECTIVE FORM…

MONARCHIAL MONARCHIC

ALTERNATE FORMSCHANGE MONOPOLY TO A VERB FORM…

MONOPOLIZE

ALTERNATE FORMSCHANGE MONOLITH TO AN ADJECTIVE FORM…

MONOLITHIC

ALTERNATE FORMSCHANGE UNANIMOUS TO THE NOUN FORM…

UNANIMITY

ALTERNATE FORMSCHANGE BISECT TO THE NOUN FORM…

BISECTION

CHALLENGE! When you ________a square, you end up with two rectangles.

(bisect)

CHALLENGE! The hearing, conducted by both

Republicans and Democrats, reflected a ___________ approach.

(bipartisan)

CHALLENGE! A massive _________formed the

roof of the tomb.

(monolith)

CHALLENGE! Napoleon Bonaparte’s personal

dishes and silverware have the ___________of an N.

(monogram)

CHALLENGE! Because I made stupid comments, the

conversation with my mom turned into a _____________. She did all the

lecturing!

(monologue)

CHALLENGE! To reach a verdict, a jury must

have __________agreement in the verdict.

(unanimous)

CHALLENGE! One ruling __________ of Britain

was Elizabeth I.

(monarch)

CHALLENGE! It was an agreement between

the two countries that was ____________.

(unanimous or bilateral)

CHALLENGE!The media _____________owns a

number of television networks.

(monolith)

CHALLENGE! The families that lived in the

__________shared the same front porch and garage. It cost too much for them each to have their own home.

(duplex)

CHALLENGE! The sister had to make a

_________decision about the care of her mother because the other sisters lived out of state and were unavailable.

(unilateral)