STR Session 1 Post-Test

An individual speech sound is a . . .

• grapheme

• phoneme

• morpheme

An individual letter or groups of letters that represent phonemes. A letter of the alphabet, a punctuation mark, or any other individual symbol in a writing system.

• grapheme

• phoneme

• morpheme

The smallest unit of language that carries meaning is a. . .

• grapheme

• morpheme

• phoneme

The process of reading words in a text is _________________. The process of using letter/sound knowledge to write is _____________________________.

• decoding/encoding

• encoding/decoding

• dysgraphia/dyslexia

A unit of pronunciation having one sound is a. . .

• vowel

• consonant

• syllable

A ____________________________ is a sound made by allowing breath to flow out of the mouth without closing any part of the mouth or throat.

• vowel

• consonant

• digraph

• diphthong

A _____________________________________ is a sound that is made by blocking air from flowing out of the mouth with the teeth, tongue, lips or palate.

• vowel

• diphthong

• consonant

Two consonants that join together to produce a single sound, such as "ch", "sh", "th" or "ph".

• diphthong

• consonant blend

• consonant digraph

Two or more consonants in a word that are blended together although each sound is heard, such as "dr", "fl" "sm" or "st".

• consonant digraph

• consonant blend

• diphthong

There are _______ tiers of vocabulary words.

• 3

• 4

• 5