A Syllable is a sound, or a combination of sounds, uttered by a single
impulse of the voice: it may have one or more letters; as
a, bad, bad-ness.
A Word is either a syllable or a combination of syllables; as, not,
notion.
A word of one syllable is called a Monosyllable; as, man.
A word of two syllables is called a Dissyllable; as, manly.
A word of three syllables is called a Trisyllable; as, manliness. Words of
more than three syllables are called Polysyllables.
Accent is a stress of voice placed upon some one syllable more than the
others. Every word composed of two or more syllables has one of them
accented. This accent is denoted by a mark (') at the end of the accented
syllable; as, mid'night, a ban'don.
A Primitive Word is one which is not derived from any other word; as, man,
great, full.
A Derivative Word is one which is formed from some other word by adding
something to it; as, manful, greatness, fully.
A Simple Word is one which is not composed of more than one word; as,
kind, man, stand, ink.
A Compound Word is one that is composed of two or more simple words; as,
ink-stand, wind-mill.
Spelling is naming or writing the letters of a word.
Script Alphabet
[Illustration: The following letter are shown in an ideal hand-written
script.]
CAPITAL LETTERS.
A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z
LOWER-CASE LETTERS.
a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y z
THE ALPHABET.
A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z
THE ALPHABET.
a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y z