Phonics Vocab Terms Crossword Puzzle

QUESTIONS LIST: phonetics : the study of human speech sounds, open syllables : a syllable that ends with a vowel phoneme sound (tongue continues), syllable : the unit of pronunciation consisting of a vowel alone or a vowel with one or more consonants, encoding : the construction of words, closed syllables : a syllable that ends with a consonant phoneme sound (tongue stops), breve : the orthographic symbol placed over a vowel letter to show it's pronounced as a short sound, dip thong : a single vowel sound that glides into another sound; and is pronounced as one syllable (ow-ou; oy-oi), blend : two or more letters that are blended together without losing their identities, they can be separated (two or more letters), grapheme : a letter or combination of letters that represent a phoneme sound, consonant : a sounds represented by an letter of the english alphabet except (a,e,i,o,u,w,y), phoneme : the smallest sound unit of a language that distinguishes word from word, vowel : a sound represented by a,e,i,o,u, and sometimes w and y in the english alphabet, macron : the orthographic symbol placed over a vowel letter to show it's pronounced as a long sound, orthography : the conventional spelling system of a language, decoding : the reading and understanding of words, phonics : the method in which basic phonetics is used to teach the beginning of reading, diagraph : two letters that stand for a simple phoneme sounds, and can't be separated (two consonants), phonogram : a letter sequence comprised of a vowel grapheme and (an) ending consonant grapheme(s).