| Term | Definition |
| ab- | away from |
| ad- | motion toward, to |
| bi- | two |
| co- | together |
| contra- | against |
| de- | away from, undo |
| dis- | opposite |
| ex- | away from, former |
| hyper- | extremely |
| hypo- | under |
| il- | not |
| pro- | before |
| post- | after |
| semi- | half, partly |
| sub- | under |
| trans- | over, across |
| ultra- | extremely |
| -able | capable |
| -ible | capable |
| -age | process or action |
| -ance | act of |
| -ation | state of |
| -dom | state or quality of |
| -ery | act of |
| -ful | full of |
| -ism | state of |
| -less | without |
| -ly | every; like |
| -ous | full of |
| -or | one who |
| -ward | in the direction of |
| bio | life |
| dem | people |
| ego | I |
| fin | end |
| form | shape/ form |
| gam | marriage |
| hypno | sleep |
| labor | work |
| mon | to remind, advise |
| necess | unavoidable |
| ped | foot |
| scrib | write |
| self | of the self |
| temp | time |
| vis | see, look |
| characters | people and/ or animals in a text |
| style | the format in which an author writes in order to achieve a specific effect |
| tone | the attitude of a piece of writing |
| point-of-view | the particular angle from which a story is told |
| topic | the overall subject of a text |
| main idea | the topic of a text with a message to the reader |
| setting | when/ where |
| author's purpose | the reason why an author wrote the text (to inform, to persuade, to entertain) |