The root graph means which concept?

• A. Reading
• B. Writing
• C. Listening
• D. Speaking

Answer: (B)

The main idea being tested is what the root meaning communicates. The root graph comes from the Greek graphein, meaning to write or to draw. So when you see this root, the core concept it signals is writing, recording, or drawing information. That’s why the concept represented by the root is writing. Other language-arts ideas like reading, listening, or speaking are tied to different roots that convey those actions, rather than the act of writing.