What's in a Syllable?

Observe the following monosyllabic words and decide what kind of structure each word has:

• tea
• a
• at
• tree
• ask
• skit
• task
• stamp
• strap
• stray
• strength
• strengths

Since each of these is monosyllable, they should represent a possible syllable.

Thinking in terms of just consonants and vowels for the moment, what are the possible syllable structures represented above (for example, the word tea represented the structure CV, since it is composed of a consonant and a vowel .