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All purchases backed by a 90-day money back guarantee!Glossary of Terms
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- A -
- alphabet
Ordered set of letters of a language.Back to Top
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- C -
- consonant
speech sound marked by constriction or closure in the breath channel. 2. letter other than a, e, i, o and u.- consonant digraphs
two- or three-letter consonants, either beginning or ending, which make only one sound. These include th, wh, -ng, -nk, sh, ch, -tch, and qu.Back to Top
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- diacritical mark
Mark accompanying a letter and indicating a specific sound value.- derivation
The process by which words are formed from existing words or bases by adding affixes, as singer from sing or undo from do, by changing the shape of the word or base, as song from sing, or by adding an affix and changing the pronunciation of the word or base, as electricity from electric. A linguistic description of the process of word formation.- diphthongs
two-vowel combinations in which both vowels may be heard, but not quite making their usual sounds because of the blending. These include oi, oy, ow, and ou.Back to Top
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- (empty)
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- final blends
blends of two- or three-letter consonants which make only one sound. These include -ng, -nk, -sh, -ch, and -tch.Back to Top
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- (empty)
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- (empty)
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- initial consonant blends
two- or three-letter consonant combinations in which both letters are pronounced.Back to Top
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- (empty)
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- (empty)
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- L -
- long vowel sounds
- The long vowel sounds are the letter name sounds, such as the letter "a" it would be pronounced as "aiy" as in "hay" or "day"
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- M -
- mnemonic device
a device, such as a formula or rhyme, used as an aid in remembering.Back to Top
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- (empty)
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- O -
- (empty)
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- P -
- phonics
Method of teaching reading by stressing sound values of syllables and words.
- primer
A small introductory book.
- preprimer
The books coming before the introductory book.Back to Top
- Q -
- (empty)
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- R -
- read
Understand written language.Back to Top
- S -
- sibilant
Having the sound of the s or the sh in sash.
- synthesis
Combination of parts or elements into a whole- silent letters
letters that may affect the pronunciation of a word but are not themselves pronounced.- short vowel sounds
the short vowel sounds are the first to be introduced, for example the letter "a" with the short vowel sound would sound like "a" as in "cat" or "sat"Back to Top
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- (empty)
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- vowel
1. speech sound produced without obstruction or friction in the mouth. 2. letter representing such a sound.- vocalized
To say out loud.Back to Top
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- (empty)
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- Y -
- (empty)
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- Z -
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- (empty)
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