Question

When reading a newspaper, you come across the word subterranean. you guess the meaning of the word by breaking it into its parts. you know that sub- is a prefix meaning "under," and the word terra often refers to "earth" or "ground." the suffix -an means "relating to." you guess that subterranean means "underground." the process you've just used is called
a. dictionary skill.
b. phonetic analysis.
c. structural analysis.
d. context clues.?

Answer 1

Answer:

C. Structural analysis.      

Explanation:

In grammar, structural analysis refers to the process in which we make a detail examination of the different elements or structures that make up a larger part (like a word or sentence) in order to understand its essential features and nature.

So, when making a structural analysis of a word, like "subterranean", one must identify the different parts that made up the word, which are the morphemes (the most basic grammatical unit with meaning), one must determine the function of each of those morphemes (Prefix, root word or suffix) and the meaning of those parts, in order to understand the different parts of the word and the word as a whole, just as it is explained in the statement.

Answer 2

That process is called structural analysis. :)