https://padlet.com/wilsonbritt/orthographic_markers Most, but not all, letters and combinations of letters in words are graphemes, representing phonemes (the smallest units, or sounds, in a spoken word). Orthographic markers are letters and combinations of letters that do NOT correspond to a phoneme in a word. Orthographic markers have functions other than representing phonemes in a word. en-us 2023-08-02 19:13:30 UTC 2025-09-28 15:52:58 UTC hello@padlet.com wilsonbritt https://padlet.com/wilsonbritt/orthographic_markers/wish/2655002984 Sometimes the marker <e> is referred to as the silent E, magic E, or the essential E. It is more precisely described as a final, single, non-syllabic <e>. It is one of the most widely recognized orthographic markers.]]> 2023-08-02 20:39:38 UTC https://padlet.com/wilsonbritt/orthographic_markers/wish/2655002984 wilsonbritt https://padlet.com/wilsonbritt/orthographic_markers/wish/2655003888 - final - it is located at the end of an element or word]]> 2023-08-02 20:42:39 UTC https://padlet.com/wilsonbritt/orthographic_markers/wish/2655003888 wilsonbritt https://padlet.com/wilsonbritt/orthographic_markers/wish/2655004094 - single - it's not part of a digraph like the <ee> in tree]]> 2023-08-02 20:43:26 UTC https://padlet.com/wilsonbritt/orthographic_markers/wish/2655004094 wilsonbritt https://padlet.com/wilsonbritt/orthographic_markers/wish/2655005489 - non-syllabic - it is unpronounced in the spoken word]]> 2023-08-02 20:48:14 UTC https://padlet.com/wilsonbritt/orthographic_markers/wish/2655005489 wilsonbritt https://padlet.com/wilsonbritt/orthographic_markers/wish/2655018344 A marker <e> may signal the preceding vowel as a long vowel.]]> 2023-08-02 21:19:51 UTC https://padlet.com/wilsonbritt/orthographic_markers/wish/2655018344 wilsonbritt https://padlet.com/wilsonbritt/orthographic_markers/wish/2655021114 Examples: flake, theme, ride, cope, dune, byte]]> 2023-08-02 21:31:30 UTC https://padlet.com/wilsonbritt/orthographic_markers/wish/2655021114 wilsonbritt https://padlet.com/wilsonbritt/orthographic_markers/wish/2655021930 A marker <e> after a <c> or <g> may signal the <c> or <g> is soft.]]> 2023-08-02 21:35:11 UTC https://padlet.com/wilsonbritt/orthographic_markers/wish/2655021930 wilsonbritt https://padlet.com/wilsonbritt/orthographic_markers/wish/2655022074 Examples: glance, voice, police, large, package, camoflauge]]> 2023-08-02 21:35:40 UTC https://padlet.com/wilsonbritt/orthographic_markers/wish/2655022074 wilsonbritt https://padlet.com/wilsonbritt/orthographic_markers/wish/2655023179 A marker <e> after a <th> may signal the <th> is voiced.]]> 2023-08-02 21:40:28 UTC https://padlet.com/wilsonbritt/orthographic_markers/wish/2655023179 wilsonbritt https://padlet.com/wilsonbritt/orthographic_markers/wish/2655023858 A marker <e> may signal the recognition of the morphemic structure of a word, such as a final <s> as part of the base word and NOT as the suffix <s>.]]> 2023-08-02 21:42:24 UTC https://padlet.com/wilsonbritt/orthographic_markers/wish/2655023858 wilsonbritt https://padlet.com/wilsonbritt/orthographic_markers/wish/2655024747 Examples: bathe, breathe, teethe, clothe]]> 2023-08-02 21:45:07 UTC https://padlet.com/wilsonbritt/orthographic_markers/wish/2655024747 wilsonbritt https://padlet.com/wilsonbritt/orthographic_markers/wish/2655025741 Examples:
-laps / lapse
-teas / tease
-brows / browse
-pleas / please]]> 2023-08-02 21:49:25 UTC https://padlet.com/wilsonbritt/orthographic_markers/wish/2655025741 wilsonbritt https://padlet.com/wilsonbritt/orthographic_markers/wish/2655030739 Take a look at the words came and come. In the word came, the marker <e> signals the long pronunciation of the <a>, but the word come is not pronounced with a long <o>.

Could the marker <e> in come signal a relationship between come and came?]]> 2023-08-02 22:06:29 UTC https://padlet.com/wilsonbritt/orthographic_markers/wish/2655030739 wilsonbritt https://padlet.com/wilsonbritt/orthographic_markers/wish/2655030861 When you encounter a mysterious <e>, ask yourself how it might clarify the identity of the word.]]> 2023-08-02 22:07:10 UTC https://padlet.com/wilsonbritt/orthographic_markers/wish/2655030861 wilsonbritt https://padlet.com/wilsonbritt/orthographic_markers/wish/2655031537 A marker <e> keeps the letters <u> and <v> from being the last letter in a word.]]> 2023-08-02 22:09:43 UTC https://padlet.com/wilsonbritt/orthographic_markers/wish/2655031537 wilsonbritt https://padlet.com/wilsonbritt/orthographic_markers/wish/2655031929 Examples: blue, glue, dive, love]]> 2023-08-02 22:11:32 UTC https://padlet.com/wilsonbritt/orthographic_markers/wish/2655031929 wilsonbritt https://padlet.com/wilsonbritt/orthographic_markers/wish/2655032404 A marker <e> can often have more than one function.]]> 2023-08-02 22:13:51 UTC https://padlet.com/wilsonbritt/orthographic_markers/wish/2655032404 wilsonbritt https://padlet.com/wilsonbritt/orthographic_markers/wish/2655032793 Examples: The marker <e> not only makes the voiced <th> in the words bathe, breathe, teethe, and clothe. The marker <e> also signals the word is a verb rather than the related nouns: bath, breath, teeth, cloth.]]> 2023-08-02 22:15:35 UTC https://padlet.com/wilsonbritt/orthographic_markers/wish/2655032793