ACCURATE EXPERT VERIFIED STUDY GUIDE
Prefix -Answer:-A letter or group of letters added to the beginning
of a base word to change its meaning.
Rapid Automatized Naming -Answer:-The rapid naming of a series
of printed objects, colors, number or letters repeated over and over
in random order. (RAN)
Simile -Answer:-An explicit comparison of two unlike things, usually
with the word like or as. Ex: (as busy as a bee)
Suffix -Answer:-A letter or group of letters added to the end of a
base word to change its meaning.
Synonyms -Answer:-Words with similar meanings. (semantics)
Syntax -Answer:-The system by which words may be ordered in
phrases and sentences; sentence structure;grammar.
,Synthetic Instruction -Answer:-Instruction or a process that begins
with the parts and builds to the whole. (part to whole) (bottom-up)
(text driven)
Synthetic Phonics -Answer:-Instruction that starts with individual
letter sounds that are blended together to form a word. Ex:
i=(i);t=(t);p=(p);n=(n) use the parts to form a word. (tip) (nip) (tin)
(it)
Encoding -Answer:-Spelling
Decoding -Answer:-Reading
Orthography -Answer:-Correct spelling, correct writing for sound
VAK -Answer:-Visual, Auditory, Knesthetic
Initial -Answer:-First or beginning
, Medial -Answer:-Everything between first and last.
Final -Answer:-Last or end
Grapheme -Answer:-Visual shape or representation of a single letter
or letter cluster which represents a speech sound.
Phoneme -Answer:-Speech sound, separate sound units of spoken
words. c=(c) a=(a) t=(t)
Equivocal -Answer:-Ambiguous, uncertain, a letter that represents
more than one sound or a sound that is spelled more than one way.
Ex: (k) k, c // ck, k, ke, c
Unequivocal -Answer:-Clear, not doubtful, a letter that represents
only one sound or is spelled only one way. Ex: (h) only one sound