Phonology
distinct unit of sound
What is a phoneme?
the smallest "meaningful" unit in a word
What is a morpheme?
the spelling convention/rule used in the words "glass" "puff" "sell" & "jazz"
What is Floss?
a person, place, thing or idea
What is a noun?
"The dog ran." is this sentence structure
What is a simple sentence?
a letter or group of letters written down
What is a grapheme?
the morpheme that comes before the base
What is a prefix?
the spelling convention/rule used in "black" vs. "blank"
What is <k> vs. <ck>?
an action word
What is a verb?
"I like cats and Susie likes dogs." is this sentence structure
What is compound sentence?
two vowels that make one sound
the morpheme that comes after the base
What is a suffix?
the spelling convention/rule used in "pitch" vs. "pinch"
What is <ch> vs. <tch>?
a word that describes a noun
What is an adjective?
"Dogs are my favorite animal because they are furry." is this sentence structure
What is a complex sentence?
two consonants that make one sound
What is a consonant digraph?
the morpheme that provides the meaning (orthographic denotation)
What is a base?
the spelling convention/rule used in "badge" vs. "range"
What is <dge> vs. <ge>?
a word that describes a verb?
What is an adverb?
"I like dogs." is this sentence type
What is declarative?
an <e> that is silent
What is non-syllabic <e>?
the morphemes (meaningful parts) put together
What is the structure?
the word "stopping" uses this suffixing rule
What is the "doubling rule"?
replaces the name of a person, place, thing or idea in a sentence
What is a pronoun?
"Do you like dogs?" is what sentence type
What is interrogative?
the most common vowel sound heard in English (ex. you hear it in the word "Alaska")
What is mid-central vowel (schwa)?
<struct> is a bound base from what language?
What is Latin?
the word "taping" uses this suffixing rule
What is replace <e>?
a word used to connect other other words, phrases or clauses
What is a conjunction?
"Come here!" is this sentence type
What is imperative?
the phonemes that use your vocal chords (feel vibration /b/ & /d/)
What are voiced phonemes?
"Chronology" is from what language of origin?
What is Greek?
the word "easiest" uses this suffixing rule
What is change or keep final <y>?
a word placed BEFORE a noun, pronoun to show its location or direction
What is a preposition?
"Dogs are great!" is this sentence type
What is exclamatory?
the phonemes that don't use your vocal chords (no vibration /t/ & /p/)
What are unvoiced phonemes?
What is Anglo-Saxon (also called Old English - OE)?
soft <c> and <g> are produced when followed by these 3 vowels
What are <e><i> & <y>
a word that expresses strong emotion often followed by an "!"
What is an interjection?
"In the woods, I saw a giant, old, brown grizzly bear eating the leftover trash from campers." is this sentence structure.
What is simple?