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Adriana Marquez
ENG 487
3 November 2014
1. PASSAGE
Writing an essay about education can be a difficult task if you do not know where
to start. Education can be a broad topic to cover, and constructing an effective
essay requires some planning and research. A good essay will narrow the scope
of the topic and provide good concise information that the reader can put to good
use.
Determine the focus of your essay. Because education itself is a broad topic, you
need to narrow down the topic to a specific aspect of education. For instance, if
you wish to write about improving education, you should think about which area
of education you want to improve. You may wish to write about how to improve
reading skills among students, for example. The question that emerges from a
topic of this nature is, naturally, which students need this improvement? This
could include elementary, middle, high school or college. It is absolutely essential
to narrowly define the scope of your work whenever possible. If you will be
covering more than one level of education, then you will need to divide up your
essay into smaller parts to make the project more manageable. (191 words)
2. FUNCTION AND CONTENT WORDS
Function words
an, about, can, be, a, if, you, do,
where, to, can, a, to, and, an, some,
and, a, will, the, of, the, and, that, the,
can, to, the, of, your, because, itself, is,
a, you, to, the, to, a, of, for, if, you, to,
about, you, about, which, of, you, to,
you, about, to, among, for, the, that,
from, this, is, which, this, this, or, it, is,
to, the, of, your, if, you, will, more, than,
one, of, then, you, will, to, your, into, to,
the, more

Content words
writing, essay, education, be, difficult,
task, not, know, start, education, broad,
topic, cover, constructing, effective,
essay, requires, planning, research,
good, essay, narrow, scope, topic,
provide, good, concise, information,
reader, put, good, use, determine,
focus, essay, education, broad, topic,
need, narrow, down, topic, specific,
aspect, education, instance, wish,
write, how, improving, education,
should, think, area, education, want,
improve, reading, skills, students,
example, question, emerges, topic,
nature, naturally, students, need,
improvement, could, include,
elementary, middle, high, school,
college, absolutely, essential, narrowly,
define, scope, work, whenever,

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possible, covering, level, education,
need, divide, up, essay, smaller, parts,
make, project, manageable
3. COMPOUND AND COMPLEX WORDS
Compound: itself, whenever, research
Complex:
Writing, education, constructing, effective, requires, planning, research,
information, reader, instance, improving, reading, skills, students, emerges,
naturally, improvement, elementary, absolutely, narrowly, possible, covering,
smaller, parts, manageable

4. INFLECTIONAL AND DERIVATIONAL COMPLEX WORDS:

Inflectional
writing, constructing, requires,
planning, improving, reading, skills,
students, covering, smaller, parts

5. STEMS AND DERIVATIONS

Stem
educate (PPN)
effect (N)
search (N)
inform (V)
read (V)
instant (N)
emerge (V)
natural (Adj)
improve (V)
element (N)
absolute (N)
narrow (Adj)
posse (N)
manage (V)

Derivation
education (N)
effective (Adj)
research (V)
information (N)
reader (N)
instance (V)
emerges (V)
naturally (Adv)
improvement (N)
elementary (Adj)
absolutely (Adv)
narrowly (Adv)
possible (Adj)
manageable (Adj)

Derivational
Education, effective, research,
information, reader, instance, emerges,
naturally, improvement, elementary,
absolutely, narrowly, possible,
manageable

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6. COMPLEX WORDS OF LATIN OR GREEK ORIGIN
Word
constructing

Origin Root
Latin
struct (to build, pile)

improvement Latin
elementary
requires

Latin
Latin

improve (to make or

become better)
element (a component)
query (ask, seek)

information

Latin

form (shape determining)

instance

Latin

emerges

Latin

instant (particular
moment)
merge (become apparent)

absolutely

Latin

possible
effective

Latin
Latin

planning

Latin

students

Latin

naturally
parts
manageable
education

Latin
Latin
Latin
Latin

absolute (total,
completely)
posse (possibility)
fect (produced or resulting
from a cause)
plan (design, scheme of
arrangement)
study (cultivation of
learning)
nat (by nature)
part (a piece)
man, manus (to handle)
educate (instruct, develop)

Affix (es)
con = together, jointly
ing = present principle
forming
ment = denotes an action
ary = related, belonging to
re = again, return
es = plural suffix
in= income
ate adjective forming suffix
tion = denotes action or
condition
ance = noun forming suffix
s= present third person
singular
ly = adverb forming suffix
ible = capable of
ive = expresses disposition
or function
ing = present principle
forming
ent = action performing
agent
ly = adverb forming suffix
s = plural suffix
able = capable of
ion- denotes action or
condition

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7. MORPHEME MAP
Prefix
re = again
sub = below
infra - beneath
mis = wrong, lacking
de = reversal, negation
in = in
ob = across, against
un = not
post = after
con = jointly, together

Root

struct= to pile, build

Word
reconstructive
substruction
infrastructure
misconstruction
destructive
instructor
obstruct
unstructured
postructural
construct