Questions & Verified Answers
Quiz_________________?
A diacritical mark above a vowel in a sound picture that indicates a long sound. -
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Macron
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A diacritical mark above a vowel in a sound picture that indicates a short sound in a closed
syllable, in which at least one consonant comes after the vowel in the same syllable. -
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Breve
Quiz_________________?
A figure of speech in which a word or phrase that means on thing is used, through
implication, to mean something else. Ex: The ship plows the sea. -
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Metaphor
Quiz_________________?
1
, A generic term that refers to a heterogeneous group of disorders manifested by significant
difficulties in the acquisition and use of listening, speaking, reading, writing, reasoning and
mathematical abilities or social skills. Due to central nervous system dysfunction. -
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Learning Disabilities
Quiz_________________?
A language in which letters are used systematically to represent speech sounds. -
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Alphabetic Language
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A language that is derived from several languages. English is a polygot language, derived from
Anglo Saxon, Latin and Greek languages. -
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Polygot
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A letter or group of letters added to the beginning of a base word to change its meaning. -
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Prefix
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A letter or group of letters added to the end of a base word to change its meaning. -
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, Suffix
Quiz_________________?
A morpheme that can stand alone as a whole word. Also called unbound morphemes. (pit,
hand, shine) -
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Free Morpheme
Quiz_________________?
A morpheme that must be attached to other morphemes. Ex: ed in landed, s in pits, pre in
preview -
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Bound Morpheme
Quiz_________________?
A pattern of letters that occur frequently together, the pronunciation of at least one of the
letters is unexpected. -
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Combination
Quiz_________________?
A phonemic awareness task in which the student is presented with a word and is asked to
say all of the sounds except one. (say cat without (c) -
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Phoneme Deletion
3
, Quiz_________________?
A prefix whose final consonant changes based on the initial letter of the root. (in changes to
ir before regular; irregular) -
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Chameleon Prefix
Quiz_________________?
A root with which other roots and/or affixes may be combined to for compound words or
derivatives (Usually Greek in origin (auto, bio, hemi)) -
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Combining Forms
Quiz_________________?
A science that integrates psychological observations of behavior and mind with the
observations of the brain -
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Neuropsychology
Quiz_________________?
A specific learning disability that is neurobiological in origin and is characterized by
difficulties with accurate and/or fluent word recognition, poor spelling and decoding abilities.
Deficit in the phonological component of language. -
ANSWER✅
Dyslexia
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Quiz_________________?
A diacritical mark above a vowel in a sound picture that indicates a long sound. -
ANSWER✅
Macron
Quiz_________________?
A diacritical mark above a vowel in a sound picture that indicates a short sound in a closed
syllable, in which at least one consonant comes after the vowel in the same syllable. -
ANSWER✅
Breve
Quiz_________________?
A figure of speech in which a word or phrase that means on thing is used, through
implication, to mean something else. Ex: The ship plows the sea. -
ANSWER✅
Metaphor
Quiz_________________?
1
, A generic term that refers to a heterogeneous group of disorders manifested by significant
difficulties in the acquisition and use of listening, speaking, reading, writing, reasoning and
mathematical abilities or social skills. Due to central nervous system dysfunction. -
ANSWER✅
Learning Disabilities
Quiz_________________?
A language in which letters are used systematically to represent speech sounds. -
ANSWER✅
Alphabetic Language
Quiz_________________?
A language that is derived from several languages. English is a polygot language, derived from
Anglo Saxon, Latin and Greek languages. -
ANSWER✅
Polygot
Quiz_________________?
A letter or group of letters added to the beginning of a base word to change its meaning. -
ANSWER✅
Prefix
Quiz_________________?
A letter or group of letters added to the end of a base word to change its meaning. -
ANSWER✅
2
, Suffix
Quiz_________________?
A morpheme that can stand alone as a whole word. Also called unbound morphemes. (pit,
hand, shine) -
ANSWER✅
Free Morpheme
Quiz_________________?
A morpheme that must be attached to other morphemes. Ex: ed in landed, s in pits, pre in
preview -
ANSWER✅
Bound Morpheme
Quiz_________________?
A pattern of letters that occur frequently together, the pronunciation of at least one of the
letters is unexpected. -
ANSWER✅
Combination
Quiz_________________?
A phonemic awareness task in which the student is presented with a word and is asked to
say all of the sounds except one. (say cat without (c) -
ANSWER✅
Phoneme Deletion
3
, Quiz_________________?
A prefix whose final consonant changes based on the initial letter of the root. (in changes to
ir before regular; irregular) -
ANSWER✅
Chameleon Prefix
Quiz_________________?
A root with which other roots and/or affixes may be combined to for compound words or
derivatives (Usually Greek in origin (auto, bio, hemi)) -
ANSWER✅
Combining Forms
Quiz_________________?
A science that integrates psychological observations of behavior and mind with the
observations of the brain -
ANSWER✅
Neuropsychology
Quiz_________________?
A specific learning disability that is neurobiological in origin and is characterized by
difficulties with accurate and/or fluent word recognition, poor spelling and decoding abilities.
Deficit in the phonological component of language. -
ANSWER✅
Dyslexia
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