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12 Cards in this Set
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Morpheme
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The smallest meaningful unit in the grammar of a language
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Phoneme
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One of the sound units that make up a word. A phoneme can be represented by a letter or a group of letters
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Grapheme
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The unit of writing that represents a single phoneme. A grapheme can be a letter or a group of letters.
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Orthography
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The study of spelling and standard spelling patterns.
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Morphology
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The study of word structure. Morphology encompasses the derivation of words, the use of inflections, and the creation of compound words.
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Onset
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A word's initial consonant or consonant blend.
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Rime
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A word's VOWEL AND any FINAL consonants.
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Consonant cluster
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A group or sequence of consonants that appear together in a syllable without a vowel between them.
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Consonant digraph
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A pair of consonants that makes a single sound that is DIFFERENT from each individual letter sound.
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Consonant blend
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Two or three consonants blended together. The sound that this blend makes IS the sound of the consonants blended together.
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Vowel digraph
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A pair of letters with the FIRST letter making a long vowel sound and the SECOND letter being SILENT.
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Schwa
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The vowel sound in many lightly pronounced unaccented syllables in words of more than one syllable
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