Phonology

Question 1

Elision (connected speech processes)

Answer 1

Omitting sounds, syllables, words (both consonants and vowels)
- Camera -> “Kamra”
- Give me -> “Gimme”

Question 2

Insertion (connected speech processes)

Answer 2

Addition of consonant/vowel
- Hamster -> “Hampster”
- Strength -> “Strenkt”

Question 3

Vowel reduction (connected speech processes)

Answer 3

Vowel reduced to a schwa “/ə/”
- Too -> “/tə/’

Question 4

Assimilation (connected speech processes)

Answer 4

Letter change
- When the ‘n’ phoneme at the end of a word becomes more like an ‘m’ phoneme when it’s followed by a word starting with a ‘b’ phoneme

Question 5

Alliteration (patterning)

Answer 5

Repetition of starting phoneme (sound, not letter)
- “Abbie Ate Apples”

Question 6

Assonance (patterning)

Answer 6

Repetition of vowel phonemes
- “Rain in Spain stays mainly on the plains”

Question 7

Consonance (patterning)

Answer 7

Repetition of consonant phonemes
- “Peter piper picked a peck of pickled peppers”

Question 8

Rhyme (patterning)

Answer 8

Repetition of ending phoneme
“Mass brass grass”

Question 9

Onomatopoeia (patterning)

Answer 9

Sounds that mimic in-real-life sounds
- Meow
- Fizz
- Pow

Question 10

Rhythm (patterning)

Answer 10

Stress patterns, line syllable counts