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Syllables and Syllabic Break-Up

Syllables and Syllabic Break-Up. ‘Cause breaking up is hard to do…. What is a syllable? How does one count syllables in a word? Why on earth do we need to know this?. Syllables. What is a syllable?. Syllables. What is a syllable?. Syllables.

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Syllables and Syllabic Break-Up

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  1. Syllables and Syllabic Break-Up ‘Cause breaking up is hard to do…

  2. What is a syllable? • How does one count syllables in a word? • Why on earth do we need to know this? Syllables

  3. What is a syllable? Syllables

  4. What is a syllable? Syllables • some call syllables the number of “beats” in a word • car-rot • has 2 “beats” and thus 2 syllables • made up of vowel and consonant sounds (phonemes) • must contain a non-silent vowel • What do all of these words have in common? pail pale eye style freight oil plate plain fifths light traipse trail

  5. How does one count the syllables in a word? Syllables Count the number of vowels in the word. Subtract 1 for any silent vowels. Subtract 1 for any diphthongs (oi, ai, ea, ou, etc.) mouse 1 2 3 mouse 1 2 mouse 1

  6. How does one count the syllables in a word? Syllables airtight 1 2 3 airtight 1 2 style 1 2 style 1 create 1 2 3 create 1 2 idea 1 2 3 humble 1 2

  7. How does one break-up Syllables? Syllables cre-ate 1 2 air-tight 1 2 style 1 hum-ble 1 2 i-de-a 1 2 3

  8. How does one break-up Syllables? Syllables • Long vowels (a, e, i, o, u) break after the vowel • ro-bothu-man re-write • I-pod ba-sic • Short vowels require a consonant at the end of the syllable • cab-in min-ute vow-el • (mi-nute) • Break between 2 middle consonants • rab-bit cac-tus hum-ble • (style) • Watch out for r’s! Sometimes they effect the vowel • dec-o-rate in-ter-est-ing spar-kle • ru-raltur-nip car-tridge

  9. Why do we need to know this? Syllables

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