Part One
Analyzing an excerpt from The Hunger Games: Mockingjay by Suzanne Collins
Simple Complex - Complex - Compound or Function
Inflectional Derivational Compound-
Complex
Nouns people circle’s Barricade, the
mansion
Verbs notice Milling,
abandoned,
refugees,
sheltered,
letting
Adjectives full snow-frosted
Prepositions around
1. The function words that can be seen above are “the” and “around” Of the 14 words listed,
two are function words (14%)
2. 7 of of the 14 words present are simple words (50%)
3. There are 6 complex words with inflectional suffixes (42%)
4. There are none.
5. There is one compound-complex word. (8%)
Part 2
1. fished
a. Morpheme Analysis
i. Fish + -ed
b. Bound/Free: Free (Fish) Bound (-ed)
c. Prefix/Suffix: -ed (suffix)
d. Part of Speech: adjective
e. Word Type: Complex
2. misclick
a. Morpheme Analysis
i. Mis- + click
b. Bound/Free: Mis- (Bound) Click(Free)
c. Prefix/Suffix: Mis- (Prefix)
d. Part of Speech: Verb
e. Word Type: Complex
3. molly-handed
a. Morpheme Analysis
i. Molly + hand + -ed
b. Bound/Free: Free (molly, hand) Bound (-ed)
c. Prefix/Suffix: -ed (suffix)
d. Part of Speech: Adjective
e. Word Type: Compound-Complex
References
Collins, S. (2010). Mockingjay. Scholastic Press. Retrieved September 29, 2024, from
[Link]
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New word entries. (n.d.). Oxford English Dictionary. Retrieved September 29, 2024,
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