Friday, January 11, 2013

thesis vs antithesis

Open Syllable Lengthening:

thesis > THE-sis
basis > BA-sis
April > 'A-pril
apron > A-pron
hubris > HU-Bris
crisis > CRI-sis
-hedron > HE-dron
stasis > STA-sis
gnosis > GNO-sis
Isis > I-sis

Close Syllable:

apsis > AP-sis
census > CEN-sus

Greek -sis and -osis 

mimesis > mi-ME-sis
kinesis > ki-NE-sis
osmosis > os-MO-sis
zygosis > zy-GO-sis
oasis > o-A-sis
exegesis > ex-e-GE-sis
sclerosis > scle-RO-sis
neurosis > neu-RO-sis
hypnosis > hyp-NO-sis
fibrosis > fi-BRO-sis
necrosis > ne-CRO-sis
synopsis > sy-NOP-sis
anacrusis  > an-a-CRU-sis
prognosis > prog-NO-sis
diagnosis > di-ag-NO-sis
diuresis > di-u-RE-sis
tuberculosis > tu-ber-cu-LO-sis


Trisyllabic Laxing:

antithesis > an-TITH-e-sis
metastasis > me-TAS-ta-sis
analysis > a-NAL-y-sis
aphesis > APH-e-sis



nemesis > NEM-e-sis
genesis > GEN-e-sis
synthesis > SYN-the-sis
syneresis > sy-NER-e-sis


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