1. suffix
the word element that carries the
main meaning in a word and provides
the basis from which a word is derived
an affix added to the front of a
word, such as "pre-" in "prefix"
an affix added to the end of a word
2. root
3. affix
a word element that can only occur
attached to a root word
4. prefix

Read these excerpts. lincoln's "gettysburg address." it is for us the living, rather, to be dedicated here to the unfinished work which they who fought here have thus far so nobly advanced. whitman's "o captain! my captain! ". exult, o shores, and ring, o bells! but i, with mournful tread, walk the deck my captain lies, fallen cold and dead. which rhetorical appeal do both excerpts use? logos: the use of logic to convince the audience pathos: the use of emotional appeals to affect the audience’s feelings brevity: writing or speaking that is short, brief, and to the point ethos: the use of authority to persuade the audience to act the right way