Grapheme Combinations
The repetition in the first letter sound in a phrase.
What is an alliteration?
The most common syllable in the English Language - which is made up of a consonant, short vowel, consonant?
What is a closed syllable?
The smallest unit of meaning
What is a morpheme?
Phonemes marked by constriction or closure in the breath channel.
What is a consonant?
A sequence of two or three consonants, each of which is heard with minimal change
What is a consonant blend?
A syllable with ‘r’ sound following a vowel sound which distorts the vowel,(ar, er, ir, or, ur)
What is an r-controlled syllable?
Words which sound the same but have different spellings and meanings (bear, bare)
What is a homonym?
Phoneme where the mouth glides from one vowel sound directly into another in the same syllable – both vowels may be heard, but not quite making their usual sounds because of the blending. These include oi, oy, ow, and ou.
What is a diphthong?
Consists of two consonants that together represent one sound (sh, ch, th, ph) – which is not associated with the constituent letters (NOT kn, wh)
What is a digraph?
The vowel in the center of the syllable
What is the nucleus?
a word to which a prefix or suffix may be added to form a new word
What is a base word?
The sound of any unaccented syllable in English - often "uh" or "i"
What is a schwa?
Two vowels together that make one phoneme or sound (eat, need, book, train)
What is a vowel diagraph?
The final consonant sound in a syllable.
What is a coda?
a morpheme that can stand alone as a word. It is also called an unbound morpheme (another word for base word)
What is a free morpheme?
Sound says the name of the letter – for example the letter “a” would be pronounced as “aiy” as in “hay” or “day"
What is the song vowel sound?
The consonant sounds in a word that came before the first vowel sound in a syllable.
What is the onset?
A syllable that ends with a vowel and the vowel sound is long.
What is an open syllable?
Has no linguistic meaning unless it is connected to a root or base word.
What is a bound morpheme?
Blends of two or three-letter consonants which make only one sound. These include -ng, -nk.
What is a final blend?
the first vowel sound and any others that follow it in a syllable (cat, treat, chair).
What is the rime?
A minimal unit of sequential speech sounds made up of a vowel sound or a vowel consonant combination and always contains a vowel sound.
What is a syllable?
Words which are spelled alike but have different sounds and meanings (bow and arrow vs. bow of a ship).
What is a homonym OR homophone? (Either answer counts)
Vowel in the middle of the word.
What is the medial sound?