Spelling Long Words: The Syllable-Building Strategy | |||||
![]() A long word is a word that has more than one syllable (i.e., multisyllabic). A syllable is a word or part of a word that is spoken with a single sound of the voice. Using the Syllable-Building Strategy will help you spell long words such as democratic. Here is how a student named William used the steps in the Syllable-Building Strategy to learn to spell democratic. He came across this word while reading his social studies textbook.
![]() ![]() Using the Syllable-Building Strategy will make you a better speller. |