tricky words to practice truncation
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The document provides guidance on effective search terms for various topics, dividing them into three categories: More straightforward terms that can be used with a truncation symbol like dent* to represent related words like dentistry. Trickier terms where truncation may return unexpected results due to other meanings, like polic* matching police but also policy. Wildcard terms using special symbols to broaden the search, like wom!n to include women and woman without truncation. It also discusses using truncation as a word game to generate multiple related terms from a root.
![More straightforward
Dentistry (dent* rather than dentist*)
Glacier (glacie* rather than glaci*)
Slavery (slave* rather than slav*)
Manage* (management, etc.)
Econom* (economics, economy, etc.)
Program* (programmatic, programmable, etc.)
Prison* (prison, prisoner)
Teen* smok* for teen smoking
Child* for children
Tricky
Polic* for policy/policies (returns police, policing)
Male* (male, maleness, malevolence)
Migra* (migrant, migrate, migraine)
Hog* (hogs, hogging, [William] Hogarth)
Color* (coloring and Colorado but not colour)
Indian* (Indian, Indiana, Indianapolis)
Bull* for bully/bullies
Comp* for computer
Photo* (photography, photosynthesis)
Rac* for race/racism (returns raccoon)
Cat* (cats, categories, catacomb)
Eco* for ecological (economics, etc.)
Rom* for Rome/Roman (romantic, romp, Romeo)
Cell* (cellular, cellophane, cellulite)
Infan* (infancy, infantile, infanticide, infantry) (infants OR infancy) or NOT
Wildcards
Wom!n
Dr!nk driv*
We’ve also thrown around the idea of likening truncation to a game of Words with Friends—offering a
root word and then a selection of letters and asking students to see how many different endings they
can come up with.](https://image.slidesharecdn.com/truncationwords-140519153759-phpapp01/85/tricky-words-to-practice-truncation-1-320.jpg)
tricky words to practice truncation
- 1. More straightforward Dentistry (dent* rather than dentist*) Glacier (glacie* rather than glaci*) Slavery (slave* rather than slav*) Manage* (management, etc.) Econom* (economics, economy, etc.) Program* (programmatic, programmable, etc.) Prison* (prison, prisoner) Teen* smok* for teen smoking Child* for children Tricky Polic* for policy/policies (returns police, policing) Male* (male, maleness, malevolence) Migra* (migrant, migrate, migraine) Hog* (hogs, hogging, [William] Hogarth) Color* (coloring and Colorado but not colour) Indian* (Indian, Indiana, Indianapolis) Bull* for bully/bullies Comp* for computer Photo* (photography, photosynthesis) Rac* for race/racism (returns raccoon) Cat* (cats, categories, catacomb) Eco* for ecological (economics, etc.) Rom* for Rome/Roman (romantic, romp, Romeo) Cell* (cellular, cellophane, cellulite) Infan* (infancy, infantile, infanticide, infantry) (infants OR infancy) or NOT Wildcards Wom!n Dr!nk driv* We’ve also thrown around the idea of likening truncation to a game of Words with Friends—offering a root word and then a selection of letters and asking students to see how many different endings they can come up with.