Mississippi Foundations of Reading Practice Test

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Which term refers to a unit of a writing system representing one phoneme?

Grapheme
Phoneme
Digraph
Lexeme

The correct answer is: Grapheme

The term that refers to a unit of a writing system representing one phoneme is indeed grapheme. Graphemes are the written symbols that correspond to the sounds (phonemes) in spoken language. For example, in the English language, the letter "b" represents the phoneme /b/, while "ch" is a grapheme that represents the phoneme /ʧ/. Understanding this concept is pivotal in phonics instruction, as it helps students make connections between sounds and their written representations. In contrast, phoneme is the actual sound itself, while a digraph consists of two letters that together produce one sound (like "th" in "this"), and lexeme refers to a unit of meaning in language that can represent a word or a group of words. Each of these terms relates to different aspects of language and literacy, but grapheme specifically denotes the written representation of an individual phoneme.