Patricia Romo

Eng 487
Project 2

Alif the Unseen by G. Willow Wilson

When the light began to wane in the afternoon, casting shadows of

gray and violet across the stable yard below the tower where he
worked, Reza would give himself over to shuddering waves of
anxiety and anticipation. Each day, as evening approached, memory
inevitably carried him back sixty years, to the arms of his wet
nurse. The twilight hour is when the jinn grow restless, she had
told him. She was Turkish, and never threw his bathwater out the
window without asking the pardon of the hidden folk who lived in
the ground below. If she failed to warn them, the indignant
creatures might curse her young charge, afflicting him with
blindness or the spotted disease.

When Reza was a young student, and had not yet learned wisdom, he
dismissed her fears as superstition.

2.
Function Words Content Words

The, to, in, of, and, as, is, out, without, if,
who, she, he, them, him, his, himself, below,
over
When, light, began, wane, afternoon, casting,
shadows, gray, violet, across, stable, yard,
tower, where, worked, Reza, would, give,
shuddering, waves, anxiety, anticipation,
each, day, evening, approached, memory,
inevitably, carried, back, sixty, years, arms,
wet, nurse, twilight, hour, jinn, grow, restless,
had, Turkish, never, threw, bathwater,
window, asking, pardon, hidden, folk, lived,
ground, failed, warn, indignant, creatures,
might, curse, young, charge, afflicting,
blindness, spotted, disease, was, young,
student, learned, wisdom, dismissed, fears,
superstition

3.
Compound: Afternoon, restless, bathwater, himself, without
Complex (with recognizable English roots):

casting, shadows, across, tower, worked, shuddering, waves, evening, approached, inevitably,
carried, sixty, years, arms, twilight, restless, Turkish, asking, hidden, lived, failed, creatures,
spotted, learned, wisdom, fears, superstition, blindness

4. Complex words

Inflectional Derivational

Casting, shadows, worked, shuddering, Tower, memory, inevitably, sixty, twilight,

waves, evening, approached, carried, years, restless, Turkish, bathwater, hidden,
arms, asking, lived, failed, creatures, indignant, blindness, wisdom, superstition,
afflicting, spotted, learned, dismissed, fears, without, himself

5.

Stem Derivation

Cross(adj.) Across(adj./prep.)
Tow(v.) Tower(v.)
Inevitable(adj.) Inevitably(adv.)
Six(n.) Sixty(n.)
Light(adj.) Twilight(n.)
Rest(v.) Restless(adj.)
Turk(n.) Turkish(adj.)
Blind(n.,v.,adj.) Blindness(n.)
Hid(adj.) Hidden(adj.)
Wise(n.,v.,adj.) Wisdom(n.)

6. Complex words with Latin or Greek Origins

Word Origin Root Affix(es)

 Indignant Latin dig(break up) nant=free and open
source
in=indicates location
Afflicting Latin flict(messed up, not a=
made right) ing=a verbal action
Dismissed Latin miss(failure to hit, dis=speak
catch something) disrespectfully,
criticize
ed=suffix forming
adjectives

7.

Prefix Root Word

con=persuade to do/believe Conflicting

something, to deceive or trick
in=indicates location flict=messed up, not made Inflicting
right
af=variant spelling of ad Afflict

Morpheme Map
Word Root= Flict

Conflict Inflict Afflict

Conflicting Inflicting Afflicting
Conflicted Inflicted Afflicted
Conflictive Inflictive Afflictive
Conflictor Inflictor Afflictor
Conflicts Inflicts Afflicts
Confliction Infliction Affliction
Conflictful Inflictful Afflictful