Contained within the piece of writing The Apology there is examples of context all throughout to help you understand the writing better. Context is the words that surround a word or passage and clarify its meaning. It is very important for a piece of writing such as The Apology, to have context so you can understand what words or phrases mean within the piece of writing. Now moving on to affixes and root words. It is just as important to understand root words and affixes of words, as it is to understand context. When you find the root word within a word, you can then look for the definition through online sources or a dictionary. When you know the affix of the word you can find what that affix is through the Internet or in a book. After you