Tell how the italicized noun clause is used.
the thief confessed *that he had stolen the bricks from the site*.
-subject
-subject complement
-direct object
-object of the preposition

The italicized noun clause that he had stolen the bricks from the site is used as a direct object of this sentence.
What did the thief confess? That he had stolen the bricks from the site. 

Syllable added to a root word to change its meaning : affixan independent word--example run,walk,book : free morphemeaffix that gives grammatical meaning such as tense or number : inflectiona word part that must attach to a word in order to be usable : bound morphemedegree of comparison formed by adding -er or more to an adjective : comparativedegree of comparison formed by adding -est or most to an adjective : superlativeaffix added to the beginning of a word : prefixaffix added to the end of a word : suffixroot word of lovable : lovetwo roots used together to form one word : combining form