Phonics, Phonemic Awareness, and Word Analysis for
Teachers Exam
Phoneme - ANSWER Smallest unit of sound in a language
Grapheme - ANSWER A written or printed representation of a phoneme
Morpheme - ANSWER Smallest unit of meaning in a language
Graphophonic Relationships - ANSWER The relationship between letters and sounds
Context Clues - ANSWER Surrounding words and other information readers often use
during word analysis
Word Analysis Strategies - ANSWER Used to construct both sounds and meanings.
Includes phonological and phonemic awareness, phonics, context use, sight word
knowledge, morphemic analysis, and dictionary skills
Phonics - ANSWER Refers to how sounds are represented by letters
Phonological and Phonemic Awareness - ANSWER Two aspects of oral language
development that are important for developing word analysis skills and reading
Phonological Awareness - ANSWER The conscious awareness of language as an object
at the word and syllable level
Phonemic Awareness - ANSWER The conscious awareness of language as an object at
the individual sound, or phonemic, level
, Phonemic Awareness - ANSWER Able to break up a word such as dog into the separate
sound elements /d/, /o/, and /g/
Phonological Awareness - ANSWER Being able to break up a sentence into its
constituent words
Phonics - ANSWER Takes place in written language
Phonemic Awareness - ANSWER Takes place in oral language
Single Consonants - ANSWER Contain the most consistent relationship between letters
and sounds in the English language
Consonants - ANSWER Carry more information about words than vowels
Onset Pattern - ANSWER Initial consonants found at the beginning of syllables and
words
Rime Pattern - ANSWER Include a limited set of the most common endings to syllables
and words - like word families
Rime Patterns - ANSWER Appear not only in one-syllable words but also in
multiple-syllable words
Rime Patterns - ANSWER Helpful when decoding both syllables and words
Consonant Cluster - ANSWER Includes two or three consonants that often appear
together, such as ch, th, st, str, bl, or pr
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