Word Study: Syllable Patterns

Syllable Patterns A syllable is a word part that has one vowel sound. Some words have more then one syllable and are called multisyllabic. To break down a multisyllabic word, look for syllable patterns, including;- vowel teams: vowel sounds spelled with two letters (cooking)- VCe syllable: long vowel followed by single consonant followed by a silent e (re open and closed syllable: open syllable ends with a vowel and a long vowel sound (glo closed ends with a consonant (riv final stable syllable: comes at the end of a word, such as a consonant + le- r-controlled syllable: the r controls the vowel sound (park My Turn For following words, determine whether the syllable division is correct. If correct, write correct. IF not, write incorrect and add the correct syllable division. Then read each of the words using the syllable division patterns. 1) accomplish ac correct 2) resemble res incorrect, re 3) independent ind incorrect, in 4) astound as correct 5) particle par correct 6) confiscate con incorrect, con