Using your knowledge of English and French prefixes and suffixes, you will be able to identify the meaning of unfamiliar words in an authentic passage of text.
Read the passage to the right. Use the strategies presented in the lesson above to negotiate the meaning of the unfamiliar words.
Tell which performer is not in a Cirque de Soleil troupe (according to this passage.)
a) musician
b) juggler
c) dancer
d) contortionist
Musician is the correct answer. While singers (des chanteurs) are mentioned, the role of a musician (un musician) is not listed in this passage.
(DeMado et al., 2008, p. 366)