Vocab

Question 1

two graphemes representing one sound

Answer 1

digraph

Question 2

variant pronunciations of a particular phoneme

Answer 2

allophone

Question 3

a sound that creates a difference in meaning

Answer 3

phoneme

Question 4

two or more consonant sounds produced next to each other in a word

Answer 4

sequence

Question 5

another name for an alphabet letter

Answer 5

grapheme

Question 6

sound system of language

Answer 6

phonology

Question 7

refers to all the possible different letter sequences that can be used to represent a sound
i.e., /f/ /gh/ /ff/ /ph/

Answer 7

allograph

Question 8

ability to recognize the sound structure of language a part from meaning
i.e., rhyming, syllables, phonemes

Answer 8

phonological awareness

Question 9

awareness and understanding of individual sounds in a word
i.e., blending, segmenting, substituting, etc.

Answer 9

phonemic awareness

Question 10

simple or complex

Answer 10

syllable shape

Question 11

open or closed

Answer 11

syllable type

Question 12

the study of speech productions

Answer 12

phonetics