brochure
Pronouncedbroh-SHURE
nounA small printed booklet with information or pictures about something.
Syllables
2 syllables
Letters
Phonics breakdown
Phonics Rule: BR Blend
Sound“br”·/br/
B and R blend together — you hear both sounds! Like in 'brown' and 'bring'.
The blend BR combines /b/ and /r/ spoken quickly together.
Examples
Phonics Rule: Open Syllable O (Long O)
Sound“oh”·/oʊ/
When O is the last letter of a syllable, the syllable is open and the O says its name “oh” — like in 'go' and 'no'.
This is the open-syllable pattern: a syllable that ends in a vowel leaves it 'open', so it says its long name. Here, a lone O at the end of a syllable says “oh” (go, no, so, o-pen). The O also says its long name in the 'old' and 'ost' families (cold, most). The long O sound is also spelled other ways, each its own rule — silent E (home) or vowel teams (oa in boat, ow in snow) — but those are not open syllables.
Tip
Long O says its name — O!
Examples
Phonics Rule: CH Digraph (“sh” sound)
Sound“sh”·/ʃ/
In some words from French, CH makes the “sh” sound, like in 'chef' and 'machine'.
When CH comes from a French-origin word, it says “sh”. Common examples: chef, machine, champagne, chandelier. These words must be memorized.
Tip
French CH shushes like SH — chef, machine!
Examples
Phonics Rule: URE says “oor”
Sound“oor”·/ʊər/
URE makes the “oor” sound, like in 'sure', 'cure', and 'pure'.
URE is an r-controlled team saying “oor” or “yoor”: sure, cure, pure, secure, mature. (Different from the -ture suffix in 'picture'.)
Tip
Are you sure it's pure — sure, cure, pure!
Examples
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