Frank tells his wife Rachel that wearing large loop earrings to a company party will detract from her look and make her appear too young. Rachel responds that she wants to differentiate herself from other women at the party and set herself apart, as she is retiring from her position as CEO of a software company which will be announced at the event.

1. Prefixes 5Prefixes 5

2. 1. dif-1. dif-

3. 2. equi-2. equi-

4. 3. dis-, di-3. dis-, di-

5. 4. epi-4. epi-

6. 5. de-5. de-

7. Answer: dif-Answer: dif-
Apart, away,Apart, away,
removalremoval

8. differentiate: (v.) todifferentiate: (v.) to
form or markform or mark
differently from otherdifferently from other
such things;such things;
distinguish.distinguish.

10. Answer: dis-, di-Answer: dis-, di-
From, away,From, away,
negativenegative

11. dispense: (v.) to dealdispense: (v.) to deal
out; distribute: toout; distribute: to
dispense wisdom.dispense wisdom.

13. Answer: equi-Answer: equi-
Equal, equallyEqual, equally

14. equilateral: (adj.)equilateral: (adj.)
having all the sideshaving all the sides
equal.equal.

16. Answer: epi-Answer: epi-
Upon, on top ofUpon, on top of

17. epilogue: (n.) aepilogue: (n.) a
concluding part addedconcluding part added
to a literary work, as ato a literary work, as a
novel.novel.

19. apart, away,apart, away,
removalremoval
Answer: de-Answer: de-

20. detract: (v.) to takedetract: (v.) to take
away a part, as fromaway a part, as from
quality, (usuallyquality, (usually
followed byfollowed by fromfrom ))

22. To include:
dialogue, appositive (1), and prepositional
phrase (1)
“Hey Boo, wearing those large loop earrings will
detract from your look and make you look super
young. Keep it classy and mature,” Frank said to his
wife.
“Is that so? Well, I want to differentiate myself
from all the other women at the party. I want to set
myself apart,” Rachel said. Rachel, a CEO of a
software company, must attend this company party.
In the party, the senior managers will announce her
retirement.