Question

Sort the words according to the meanings of their shared roots.
paradigm, parallel, comparison, paralegal, epigram
Is it Beside or is it write

Answer 1

Sort them by root meaning:

1) "Beside" (Greek para-, meaning beside/alongside)
- parallel — para- + allelos: side-by-side
- paralegal — para- + legal: beside/assistant to the law
- paradigm — para- + deigma (to show): originally “a pattern/example” (literally something shown alongside); para- here is still the “beside/along” element

2) "Write" (Greek gram/gramma, meaning something written)
- epigram — epi- + gramma: a short written inscription/poem

Not in either of those groups:
- comparison — from Latin comparare (“to make equal”); par- here is Latin par “equal” (as in parity), not Greek para “beside” nor Greek gram “write.”