What is the rime in the word "spin"?

What is the rime in the word "spin"?

• A. spin
• B. si
• C. in
• D. pin

Answer: (C)

The rime is the part of a syllable that comes after the initial sound and includes the vowel plus any following consonants. In spin, the initial cluster is sp-, and what follows is in, which contains the vowel sound /ɪ/ and the final consonant /n/. So the rime is the letters "in." The other options don’t fit because they either include the onset (the starting sp- or s) and not the post-onset portion, or they represent the whole word rather than just the post-onset rime. For example, spin is the entire word, si ends after the vowel but misses the final consonant, and pin would be a different word with a different onset, even though it shares the same rime portion "in."

The rime is the part of a syllable that comes after the initial sound and includes the vowel plus any following consonants. In spin, the initial cluster is sp-, and what follows is in, which contains the vowel sound /ɪ/ and the final consonant /n/. So the rime is the letters "in."

The other options don’t fit because they either include the onset (the starting sp- or s) and not the post-onset portion, or they represent the whole word rather than just the post-onset rime. For example, spin is the entire word, si ends after the vowel but misses the final consonant, and pin would be a different word with a different onset, even though it shares the same rime portion "in."