ICLA 1 Questions With 100% Correct Answers.

Affix - Answer, a bound (nonword) morpheme that changes the meaning or function of a root or stem to which it is attached, as the prefix ad- and the suffix -ing in adjoining. Alphabetic principle - Answer, the assumption underlying alphabetic writing systems that each speech sound or phoneme of a language should have its own distinctive graphic representation. Analytic Phonics - Answer, a whole-to-part approach to word study in which the student is first taught a number of sight words and then relevant phonic generalizations, which are subsequently applied to other words; deductive phonics. Automaticity - Answer, fluent processing of information that requires little effort or attention, as sightword recognition. Concepts of Print - Answer, Definition found under print awareness which in emergent literacy is a learner's growing recognition of conventions and characteristics of a written language. Print awareness includes such features as the recognition of directionality in reading text (left to right and top to bottom in English), that print in the form of words corresponds to speech, that white space marks the boundaries of printed words, etc. Consonant - Answer, a speech sound made by partial or complete closure of part of the vocal tract, which obstructs air flow and causes audible friction in varying amounts. 2. n., an alphabet letter used in representing any of these sounds. Consonant blend - Answer, also known s a consonant cluster. In a syllable, a sequence of two or more distinguishable consonant sounds before or after a vowel sound, as /skr/ and /mz/ in screams. Note: The term refers only to sounds, not to letters representing sounds. Consonant digraph - Answer, a combination of two consonant letters representing a single speech sounds, as gn for /n/ in gnat, or gh for /f/ in rough. CVC - Answer, consonant-vowel-consonant pattern which produces a short vowel sound or a closed syllable.CV - Answer, consonant-vowel pattern which produces a long vowel sound or an open syllable. VCe - Answer, vowel-consonant-final e pattern which produces a long vowel sound