Which phoneme awareness skill involves recognizing the same ending sound that rhymes in different words?

Which phoneme awareness skill involves recognizing the same ending sound that rhymes in different words?

• A. Phoneme Isolation
• B. Phoneme Identity
• C. Rhyming Identity
• D. Phoneme Substitution

Answer: (C)

Recognizing whether two words share the same ending sound and rhyme is a rhyming identity skill. This means listening for the final sounds in words and deciding if they match, signaling that the words rhyme. For example, cat and hat both end with the same /æt/ sound, so they rhyme. This focus on the ending sound differentiates it from simply pulling out or comparing any single sound in a word, or from changing sounds to make new words. The other skills involve isolating a sound, identifying a shared sound in different positions, or substituting sounds, none of which specifically centers on judging rhymes.

Recognizing whether two words share the same ending sound and rhyme is a rhyming identity skill. This means listening for the final sounds in words and deciding if they match, signaling that the words rhyme. For example, cat and hat both end with the same /æt/ sound, so they rhyme. This focus on the ending sound differentiates it from simply pulling out or comparing any single sound in a word, or from changing sounds to make new words. The other skills involve isolating a sound, identifying a shared sound in different positions, or substituting sounds, none of which specifically centers on judging rhymes.