STR Word Analysis 2

Question 1

A student reads 'phone' correctly as the /f/ sound word. Which type of phonics knowledge is the student applying?

Accepted Answer

A grapheme-phoneme correspondence for 'ph' representing /f/

Answer

The digraph 'ph' is a grapheme that represents the phoneme /f/. Correctly reading 'phone' demonstrates knowledge of this ph to /f/ correspondence.

Question 2

What is the primary purpose of teaching syllabication strategies to readers?

Accepted Answer

To help students decode multisyllabic words by breaking them into manageable parts

Answer

Syllabication strategies give readers a tool for segmenting long, unfamiliar multisyllabic words into smaller decodable units, making decoding more manageable.

Question 3

The word 'unbreakable' can be analyzed morphologically as:

Accepted Answer

One free morpheme and two bound morphemes

Answer

Unbreakable consists of un- (bound prefix) plus break (free root) plus -able (bound suffix): one free morpheme and two bound morphemes.

Question 4

Which statement best describes the Vowel-Consonant-e (VCe) syllable type?

Accepted Answer

The first vowel is long because the final e signals it across the intervening consonant

Answer

In a VCe syllable, the final silent 'e' signals that the preceding vowel is long, as in make, pine, hope, and cube.

Question 5

Which of the following is a correct example of the VC/CV syllable division pattern?

Accepted Answer

nap/kin dividing between the 'p' and 'k'

Answer

VC/CV splits a word between the two consonants when two consonants appear between vowels: nap-kin divides between 'p' and 'k', yielding two closed syllables.

STR - Science of Teaching Reading Practice Test

STR - Science of Teaching Reading Practice Test

STR Word Analysis 2