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study Guide 2022/2023
What is the origin and meaning of "ang" - ✔ Latin; bend
What does the Conner's Report help diagnose? - ✔ ADD
Synonyms, Antonyms, and Homonyms are _______? - ✔ Morphemes
Define prosody - ✔ Flow of speech
Define euphony - ✔ sound/pleasing sound
Reading nonsense words on a norm-referenced test is used to assess what? - ✔ word
attack
What is the origin of the "schwa" or unstressed vowel sound? - ✔ Latin
What is the origin of the affixing of base words? - ✔ Latin
What is the origin of combining words? - ✔ Greek
What is the origin of compound words? - ✔ Anglo-Saxon
What is the origin of the affixing of roots? - ✔ Anglo-Saxon
Sadly has how phonemes? - ✔ 5
Sadly has how many syllables? - ✔ 2
What is the base word of sadly? - ✔ Sad
What is the suffix of sadly? - ✔ -ly
How many morphemes does sadly have? - ✔ 2
What is sadly's word origin? - ✔ Anglo-Saxon
What is the origin of vowel pairs? - ✔ Anglo-Saxon
What is the origin of chameleon prefixes? - ✔ Latin
What is the origin of the consonant cluster ch pronounced (k)? - ✔ Greek
,What is the origin of Medial Y? - ✔ Greek
What is the origin of the consonant pairs gn, kn, & wr? - ✔ Anglo-Saxon
What is the origin of roots that end in ct and pt? - ✔ Latin
What is the origin of initial consonant clusters rh, pt, pn, & ps? - ✔ Greek
What is the origin of common, everyday words? - ✔ Anglo-Saxon
What is the origin of the letter c, s, & t pronounced (sh)? - ✔ Latin
What is the origin of consonant digraphs ch, sh, th, & wh? - ✔ Anglo-Saxon
Who coined the term congenital word blindness? - ✔ James Hinshelwood
What are the three languages that have most influenced the English Language? - ✔
Anglo-Saxon/Old English, Latin, & Greek
What is the term for not being able to recall names? - ✔ dysnomia
What is the term for letter representation of a sound- written unit? - ✔ grapheme
What is the term for the difficulty in remembering words? - ✔ dysphasia
What is the term for one who can read well but is severely unable to comprehend? - ✔
hyperlexia
What is the term for analytic instruction that presents the whole and teaches how this
can be broken down into component parts like unblending in spelling? (whole to part) -
✔ analytic phonics
What is significant about 1066 AD? - ✔ The Normand invasion of England
Who saw patients unable to read, spell, or write, but could determine no physical
cause? (1920's) - ✔ Dr. Samuel T. Orton
Who recognized that treatment was educational and prescribed specialized
multisensory teaching techniques and in the 30's worked closely w/a # of educators
including Anna Gillingham? - ✔ Dr. Samuel T. Orton
What is the term for the writing system of language?
(correct, spelling, usage) - ✔ Orthography
, What is the term for the whole to part phonics approach, key sight words, relevant
phonic generalizations, symbol/sound correspondences, top-down method? - ✔
analytic phonics (deductive phonics)
What is the term for a vowel and the rest of the consonants in a syllable? ex: cat=at - ✔
Rime
What is the term for the vocabulary of a language? - ✔ Lexical
What is the term for two or more letters whose sounds flow smoothly together? - ✔
Blend
What is the term for two adjacent vowels in the same syllable whose sounds blend
together with a slide or shift during productivity? - ✔ Diphthong
What is the term for two adjacent letters in the same syllable that represent one sound?
- ✔ Digraph
What is the term for combined sounds represented by letters to pronounce a word? - ✔
Blends
What is the term that applies to a letter which may represent more than one sound or to
a sound which may be spelled in more than one way? (k, c//ck, k) - ✔ Equivocal
What is the term for the understanding that spoken sounds are represented in print by
written letters? - ✔ Alphabetic Principle
What is the term for the smallest unit of sound in a syllable? - ✔ Phoneme
What is the term for the simplest form of an English word to which affixes may be
added? - ✔ Base Word
What is the term for the rules that determine how sounds are used in spoken language?
- ✔ Phonology
What is the term for the rhythmic flow of oral reading? - ✔ Prosody
What is the term for the overlapping, changing, or modifying of adjacent speech
sounds? Ex: hugged->hissed - ✔ Coarticulation
What is the term for the mental activity of receiving, understanding, weighing, ordering,
remembering, and examining sounds, especially speech sounds? - ✔ Auditory
Processing
What is the term for the meaningful components of language? - ✔ Semantics
study Guide 2022/2023
What is the origin and meaning of "ang" - ✔ Latin; bend
What does the Conner's Report help diagnose? - ✔ ADD
Synonyms, Antonyms, and Homonyms are _______? - ✔ Morphemes
Define prosody - ✔ Flow of speech
Define euphony - ✔ sound/pleasing sound
Reading nonsense words on a norm-referenced test is used to assess what? - ✔ word
attack
What is the origin of the "schwa" or unstressed vowel sound? - ✔ Latin
What is the origin of the affixing of base words? - ✔ Latin
What is the origin of combining words? - ✔ Greek
What is the origin of compound words? - ✔ Anglo-Saxon
What is the origin of the affixing of roots? - ✔ Anglo-Saxon
Sadly has how phonemes? - ✔ 5
Sadly has how many syllables? - ✔ 2
What is the base word of sadly? - ✔ Sad
What is the suffix of sadly? - ✔ -ly
How many morphemes does sadly have? - ✔ 2
What is sadly's word origin? - ✔ Anglo-Saxon
What is the origin of vowel pairs? - ✔ Anglo-Saxon
What is the origin of chameleon prefixes? - ✔ Latin
What is the origin of the consonant cluster ch pronounced (k)? - ✔ Greek
,What is the origin of Medial Y? - ✔ Greek
What is the origin of the consonant pairs gn, kn, & wr? - ✔ Anglo-Saxon
What is the origin of roots that end in ct and pt? - ✔ Latin
What is the origin of initial consonant clusters rh, pt, pn, & ps? - ✔ Greek
What is the origin of common, everyday words? - ✔ Anglo-Saxon
What is the origin of the letter c, s, & t pronounced (sh)? - ✔ Latin
What is the origin of consonant digraphs ch, sh, th, & wh? - ✔ Anglo-Saxon
Who coined the term congenital word blindness? - ✔ James Hinshelwood
What are the three languages that have most influenced the English Language? - ✔
Anglo-Saxon/Old English, Latin, & Greek
What is the term for not being able to recall names? - ✔ dysnomia
What is the term for letter representation of a sound- written unit? - ✔ grapheme
What is the term for the difficulty in remembering words? - ✔ dysphasia
What is the term for one who can read well but is severely unable to comprehend? - ✔
hyperlexia
What is the term for analytic instruction that presents the whole and teaches how this
can be broken down into component parts like unblending in spelling? (whole to part) -
✔ analytic phonics
What is significant about 1066 AD? - ✔ The Normand invasion of England
Who saw patients unable to read, spell, or write, but could determine no physical
cause? (1920's) - ✔ Dr. Samuel T. Orton
Who recognized that treatment was educational and prescribed specialized
multisensory teaching techniques and in the 30's worked closely w/a # of educators
including Anna Gillingham? - ✔ Dr. Samuel T. Orton
What is the term for the writing system of language?
(correct, spelling, usage) - ✔ Orthography
, What is the term for the whole to part phonics approach, key sight words, relevant
phonic generalizations, symbol/sound correspondences, top-down method? - ✔
analytic phonics (deductive phonics)
What is the term for a vowel and the rest of the consonants in a syllable? ex: cat=at - ✔
Rime
What is the term for the vocabulary of a language? - ✔ Lexical
What is the term for two or more letters whose sounds flow smoothly together? - ✔
Blend
What is the term for two adjacent vowels in the same syllable whose sounds blend
together with a slide or shift during productivity? - ✔ Diphthong
What is the term for two adjacent letters in the same syllable that represent one sound?
- ✔ Digraph
What is the term for combined sounds represented by letters to pronounce a word? - ✔
Blends
What is the term that applies to a letter which may represent more than one sound or to
a sound which may be spelled in more than one way? (k, c//ck, k) - ✔ Equivocal
What is the term for the understanding that spoken sounds are represented in print by
written letters? - ✔ Alphabetic Principle
What is the term for the smallest unit of sound in a syllable? - ✔ Phoneme
What is the term for the simplest form of an English word to which affixes may be
added? - ✔ Base Word
What is the term for the rules that determine how sounds are used in spoken language?
- ✔ Phonology
What is the term for the rhythmic flow of oral reading? - ✔ Prosody
What is the term for the overlapping, changing, or modifying of adjacent speech
sounds? Ex: hugged->hissed - ✔ Coarticulation
What is the term for the mental activity of receiving, understanding, weighing, ordering,
remembering, and examining sounds, especially speech sounds? - ✔ Auditory
Processing
What is the term for the meaningful components of language? - ✔ Semantics
