Phonics
Phonics
Phonics
Phonics
Phonics
100
A term that includes both prefixes and suffixes. Un and ible are both examples of these.
What is an affix
100
Syllable that ends in a consonant sound, such as the second syllable in ho-tel
What is a closed syllable
100
Two vowel letters that produce a "gliding" sound
What is a diphthong
100
All the beginning letters up the vowel
What is an onset
100
The vowel and following consonants within a syllable
What is a rime
200
A word to which prefixes and/or suffixes can be added.
What is a base/root word
200
Two or more consonants in which you can hear both sounds belended
What is a consonant blend/cluster
200
To write or spell a word
What is encode
200
The ability to manipulate sounds in words
What is phonemic awareness
200
The vowel in an unaccented syllable, sounds kind of like "uh"
What is a schwa
300
Putting phonemes together to form a word
What is blending
300
Two consonant letters with a single sound different from that of either letters: sh, ch, wh, th, ph
What is a consonant diagraph
300
Words with different spellings and meanings that are pronounced the same
What is a homophone
300
Rimes in printed words
What is a phonogram
300
The ability to separate phonemes in a word
What is segmenting
400
A letter that is not a vowel
What is a consonant
400
To "figure out the pronunciation" of a word
What is decode
400
Words with the same spelling, but different pronunciations and meanings
What is a homograph
400
The awareness that spoken language is composed of separate words that make up sentences and that words are made up of syllables
What is phonological awareness
400
Another term for a high-frequency word
What is a sight word
500
A diacritic mark (') put over a vowel to indicate it has the "short" sound
What is a breve
500
A suffix that changes the word meaning
What is a derivational suffix
500
Meaning-bearing units in a words, usually roots, prefixes, and suffixes
What is a morpheme
500
The study of speech sounds
What is phonology
500
Two vowel letters that make one sound
What is a vowel diagraph
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