SYLLABICATION

1. A compound word is divided between the two words that make the compound word

1.1. consonant blends and digraphs are never separated

2. when two or more consonants come between the two vowels in a words, it is usually divided between the first two consonants

3. when -ed comes at the end of a word, it forms a syllable only when preceded by d or t

4. when a word has a ck or an x in it, the word is usually divided after the ck or x

5. when a single consonant comes between two vowels in a word, it is usually divided before the consonant if the vowel is long

6. when two vowels come together in a word, and are sounded separately, divided the word between the two vowels

7. A word that a suffix is divided between the root word and the suffix

8. when a vowel is sounded alone in a word, it forms a syllable itself

9. when he, de, ex and re are at the beginning of a word, they make a syllable of their

10. Every syllable has one vowel sound

11. A one syllable word is never divided

12. when a word ends in le, preceded by a consonant, the word is divided before that consonant

13. The suffixes and ible form their own syllable

14. The number of vowel sounds in word equals the number of syllable

15. when a single consonant come between two vowel in a word, it is usually divided after the consonant if the vowel is short

16. A word that has a prefix is divided between the root word and the prefix

17. when a word or syllable ends in al or el, these letters usually form the last syllable

18. A word should be divided between syllable at the end of a line (-) stay with the syllable at the end of the line

19. when ture and tion are the end of a word, they make their own syllable