EDEL 433 Flashcards

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grapheme

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The letter or combination of letters that represent a single sound (phoneme)

f in leaf

oa in boat

igh in night

ough in through

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consonant

Back

a phoneme that is articulated with partial or complete closure of the vocal track

/b/ in boy

/t/ in at

/r/ and /n/ in run

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hard c

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the /k/ sound the letter c typically represents when followed by an a, o, or u

candy

cup

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soft c

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the /s/ sound the letter c typically represents when followed by an i, e, or y

cider

century 

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hard g

Back

the /g/ sound the letter g typically represents when followed by an a, o, or u

good

graph

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soft g

Back

the /j/ sound the letter g typically represents when followed by an i, e, or y

gym

giant

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voiced th

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the /th/ sound made when the vocal cords vibrate

/th/ in this

/th/ in that

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unvoiced th

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the /th/ sound made when the vocal cords do not vibrate

/th/ in thing

/th/ in with

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consonant

blend

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two or three adjacent consonants in a syllable, each of which is heard

/tw/ in twin

/sk/ in mask

/str/ in street

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consonant

digraph

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two or more consonants that together represent a single sound

sh in ship 

ch in chin and tch in watch

th in this (voiced /th/) and thin (unvoiced /th/)