EDSE 4020 Week 4 Exam Questions and
Answers
Phoneme - Correct Answers -A single speech sound.
Consonant Digraph - Correct Answers -Two letters that spell a single speech sound.
Consonant Blend - Correct Answers -Two or more consecutive consonants which retain
their individual sounds (e.g., /bl/ in block; /str/ in string).
Vowel - Correct Answers -A speech sound produced when breath flows out through the
mouth and is not restricted by the teeth, lips, or tongue.
Consonant - Correct Answers -A phoneme that is not a vowel and is formed with
obstruction of the flow of air with teeth, lips, and tongue.
Irregular Words - Correct Answers -Words that do not follow a predictable letter sound
pattern, example: "the" "of" "was" "one" "said"
Alphabetic Principle - Correct Answers -words are composed of letters that represent
sounds
Phonics - Correct Answers -Reading instruction that teaches sound-symbol
correspondences
Decoding - Correct Answers -The ability to translate a word from print to speech, usually
by employing knowledge of sound-symbol correspondences, the act of deciphering a
new word by sounding it out.
Grapheme - Correct Answers -A letter or combination that spells a phoneme; can be
one, two, three, or four letters in English (e.g., e, ei, igh, eigh)
Answers
Phoneme - Correct Answers -A single speech sound.
Consonant Digraph - Correct Answers -Two letters that spell a single speech sound.
Consonant Blend - Correct Answers -Two or more consecutive consonants which retain
their individual sounds (e.g., /bl/ in block; /str/ in string).
Vowel - Correct Answers -A speech sound produced when breath flows out through the
mouth and is not restricted by the teeth, lips, or tongue.
Consonant - Correct Answers -A phoneme that is not a vowel and is formed with
obstruction of the flow of air with teeth, lips, and tongue.
Irregular Words - Correct Answers -Words that do not follow a predictable letter sound
pattern, example: "the" "of" "was" "one" "said"
Alphabetic Principle - Correct Answers -words are composed of letters that represent
sounds
Phonics - Correct Answers -Reading instruction that teaches sound-symbol
correspondences
Decoding - Correct Answers -The ability to translate a word from print to speech, usually
by employing knowledge of sound-symbol correspondences, the act of deciphering a
new word by sounding it out.
Grapheme - Correct Answers -A letter or combination that spells a phoneme; can be
one, two, three, or four letters in English (e.g., e, ei, igh, eigh)
