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• Clipped words - words formed by dropping one or more syllables from a longer word or phrase with no change in meaning.
• Icicle


  An ice formed by the freezing of water
• Syllabication rules

  • Do not divide 1-syllable words
  • Divide the 2 consonants between the 2 vowels unless they are digraphs or blends
  • A consonant between 2 vowels usually goes with the 1st syllable if the 1st vowel has a short sound
  • A consonant between 2 vowels usually goes with the 2nd syllable if the 1st vowel has a long sound
  • Always separate the prefix from the root word
  • Divide a compound word between the words that form it
• Syllabication


  Dividing words into syllables
• Basic rules of syllabication

  • Rule #1: 1-vowel sound
  • Rule #2: VCCV
  • Rule #3A: VCV (short sound)
  • Rule #3B: VCV (long sound)
  • Rule #4: affixes
  • Rule #5: compound words
• Syllable


  Composed of a letter or a group of letters that had a single vowel sound
• Pooch


  An informal word for dog
• Trudge


  To walk or March steadily
• Pound


  A public enclosure for stray or unlicensed animals
• Distress


  A painful situation
• Gruff


  Rough and harsh
• Wander


  To move about without a fixed course, aim, or goal
• Feeble


  Lacking in strength or endurance
• Hasten


  To move or act quickly
• Prosecute


  To carry on a legal action
• Companion


  One that accompanies another
• Gambol


  To skip around in play
• Linger


  To be slow in quitting a place or activity
• Church-spire


  A tall, pointed structure found a top a church tower
• Droop


  To become depressed or weakned