When teaching students how to use structural analysis to learn new words, which of the following words would best lend itself to this skill?
A) Help
B) Abnormal
C) Maintain
D) Detail
Answer: B) Abnormal
Structural analysis is the use of prefixes, suffixes, and root words to understand an unknown word. The word "abnormal" is the only word that has a prefix and a root word, so would be useful in teaching structural analysis
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