Vocab 1 Flashcards
short vowel
a vowel sound that is pronounced as the sound of the letter, rather than the name of the vowel
onset
the consonant or consonant cluster within a syllable that comes before the vowel
rime
the part of the syllable that contains the vowel and any remaining consonants
syllables
a part of a word that contains a single vowel sound and that is pronounced as a unit
oral blending
the spoken version of blending for reading
oral segmentation
identifying the individual sounds(phonemes) in a word
phoneme manipulation
changing individual phonemes (sounds) in a word
consonant blend
two or three consonants that make a new sound when they are blended together
compound words
when two or more words combine to form one individual word or a phase that acts as one individual word
CVC
consonant-vowel-consonant
phonological awareness
understanding that words are made up of sounds and that the sounds they make with their mouths corresponds with the words they see on the page
phonemic awareness
understanding that a word is made up of a series of distinct sounds
phoneme
smallest unit of speech distinguishing one word (or word element) from another
alliteration
the occurrence of the same letter or sound at the beginning of adjacent or closely connected words
assonance
the repetition of vowel sounds in words that are close together in a sentence or verse
consonant
a speech sound that is not a vowel
vowel
a letter that represents an open sound
medial
the sound that is heard in the middle of a word
long vowel
a vowel sound that matches the sound of the letter itself, or the full letter is pronounced in the word
phonics
involve matching the sounds of spoken English with individual letters or groups of letters
