A key part of becoming a skilled reader is understanding how words are built — that is, how small parts of words that carry meaning come together to form words. For example, the word unhappy is made up of two parts: un- and happy, and the word unhappiness includes both of these parts as well as a third part, -ness. These meaningful parts are called morphemes, and each one contributes in a specific way to a word’s meaning.Morphemes are important because knowing how they work helps us un...
