Michelle Bolden

Project #2
Morphology
English 487-01
November 3, 2015

Dreamland
By: Sarah Dessen
Dreamland

My mother, Boo, and I had our final photography class before the
holidays the last Saturday before Christmas. Wed just finished developing
what our instructor, Matthew, called our people series, in which we were
supposed to use a portrait to convey our relationship to someone else. My
mother had posed my father in front of the window in his study, with all his
diplomas and various certificates behind him. He looked uncomfortable, his
smiled forced, hands uneasily stuffed in his pockets, like an executive posing
for the company newsletter. My mother, however, was just proud to have
gotten his whole head in.
Boos picture was of her and Stewart. Theyd put the camera on a
table, set the timer, and then bent over, heads down, for a full minute,
yanking themselves up just before the shutter clicked. The result was
striking: the two of them, hair wildly sticking up, eyes sparkling and smiling
hugely while the blood rushed out of their faces. It captured the closeness
and eccentricity about them that I lovedtwo people, so alike, caught in a
crazy moment of their own making.

Function Words
And, our, the, in, to, with, however,
themselves, theyd, for, while,
before, a, like, up, closeness, about,
that, so

Content Words
My, mother, Boo, I, had, our, final,
photography, Christmas, Wed, just,
finished, developing, what,
instructor, Matthew, called, people,
series, which, were, supposed, use,
portrait, convey, relationship,
someone, else, posed, father, front,
window, his, study, all, diplomas,
various, certificates, behind, him,
looked, uncomfortable, smiled,
forced, hands, uneasily, stuffed,
pockets, an, executive, posing,
company, newsletter, was, proud,
have, gotten, whole, head, picture,
her, full, minute, yanking, shutter,
clicked, result, striking, two, them,
hair, wildly, sticking, eyes, sparkling,
smiling, hugely, blood, rushed, out,
their, faces, it, captured,
eccentricity, them, two, alike,
caught, crazy, moment, own,
making

Compound Words
Relationship, someone, however,
themselves, newsletter

Complex Words
Photography, holidays, finished,
developing, instructor, called,
supposed, posed, diplomas, various,
certificates, looked, uncomfortable,
smiled, forced, hands, uneasily,
stuffed, pockets, executive, posing,
gotten, heads, yanking, themselves,
clicked, striking, wildly, sticking,
eyes, sparkling, smiling, hugely,
rushed, faces, captured, closeness,
eccentricity, loved, alike, making

Inflectional
Holidays, finished, developing,
called, supposed, posed, diplomas,
certificates, looked, smiled, forced,
hands, stuffed, pockets, posing,
heads, yanking, clicked, striking,
sticking, eyes, sparking, smiling,
rushed, faces, captured, loved,
making

Derivational
Photography, instructor, various,
uncomfortable, uneasily, executive,
gotten, themselves, wildly, hugely,
closeness, eccentricity, alike

Photo
Instruct
Vary
Comfort
Easy
Exec
Get
Them
Wild
Huge
Close

Stem
Noun
Verb
Verb
Verb
Adjective
Noun
Verb
Pronoun
Adjective
Adjective
Adjective

Derivation
Photography
Noun
Instructor
Noun
Various
Adjective
Uncomfortable
Adjective
Uneasily
Adverb
Executive
Adjective
Gotten
Verb
Themselves
Pronoun
Wildly
Adverb
Hugely
Adverb
Closeness
Noun

Eccentric
Like

Adjective
Adjective

Eccentricity
Alike

Word
Photography
Finished
Instructor

Origin
Greek
Latin
Latin

Supposed

Latin

Posed
Diplomas
Various

Latin
Greek
Latin

Root
Photo (light)
Fin (to end)
Instruct (to build
up)
Suppose (to
assume)
Pose (to sit/stand)
Diplo (double)
Vari (different)

Certificates

Latin

Uncomfortable

Latin

Forced

Latin

Executive

Latin

Faces

Latin

Captured

Latin

Closeness
Eccentricity

Latin
Greek/Latin

Face (to set in

place)
Capt (to take hold
of)
Close (to shut)
Centri (center)

Loved

Greek/Latin

Love (god of love)

Certify (to
separate)
Comfort (to relax)

Force (physical
strength
Exec (to follow)

Noun
Adjective

Affix(es)
-graph (to draw)
-ish (tending to)
-or (state of)
-pos (to place)
-pos (to place)
-diplo (double)
-ious (having
quality)
-ficate (to make)
-fort (to
strengthen)
Able (express
ability)
-forc (to
strengthen)
-ive (adj. making
suffix)
-s
-ed
-ness
-ity
-ex (out of)
-ed

Construct
Constructs

Destruct
Destructs

Constructo
r
Constructe
d
Constructio
n
Constructio
nal
Constructiv
e

Destructor
Destructed
Destruction
Deconstruc
t
Deconstruc
ts
Deconstruc
tion

Morpheme Map
Word Root
-Struct (to build)
Instruct
Obstruct Reconstruct Structure
Instructs
Obstructs Reconstruct Structure
s
s
Instructor Obstruct Reconstruct Structure
er
ed
d
Instructe Obstruct Reconstruct Structura
d
ed
ion
l
Instructio Obstructi Reconstruct Structuri
n
on
ive
ng
Instructiv Obstructi Reconstruct
e
ve
ing
Instructin Obstructi
g
ng
Instructor Obstruct
s
ers