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What is the smallest unit of sound
What is a phoneme
a syllable with only one vowel at the end
What is a open syllable
a syllable that ends in at least one consonant after a vowel
What is a closed syllable
mouth is blocked or partially blocked by the tongue, teeth, or lips
What is a consonant
The letter or letter combination for the sound
What is a grapheme
the smallest unit of meaning in language
What is a morpheme
mouth is open and voiced
What is a vowel
a consonant sound that begins as a stop and releases as a fricative (ch, dge)
What is an affricate
understanding the sound structure of language
What is phonological awareness
understanding that sounds work together to make words for spoken and written language
What is phonemic awareness
reading instruction that teaches sound-symbol correspondence
What is phonics
a morpheme that can be attached before or after a root or base word
What is an affix
storing the letter-sound connection for spelling, reading, and meaning in memory for automatic retrieval
What is orthographic mapping
translating a word from speech to print
What is encoding
a morpheme that can stand alone as a word
What is a base word
the grammatical structure of words in sentences, clauses, and phrases
What is syntax
a consonant sound produced by forcing air through a small space in your mouth (f, v, s, th)
What is a fricative
the reader's expression, timing, phrasing, intonation, and rhythm
What is prosody
a morpheme that cannot stand alone
What is a root word
the study of word meanings (synonyms, antonyms, categorization)
What is semantics