Synthetic phonics starts at the whole word level and then analyzes their component phonemes.

• A. Starts at the Phoneme Level
• B. Starts at the Whole Word Level and Then Analyzes Their Component Phonemes
• C. Focus on Morphology
• D. Uses Random Instructions

Answer: (B)

The statement is testing the order in which phonics instruction is delivered. It describes beginning with recognizing a whole word and then breaking it into its individual sounds, which matches an analytic or whole-word approach to phonics. This is different from synthetic phonics, which would start with individual phonemes and blend them to form words. The other options don’t fit as well: starting at the phoneme level aligns with synthetic phonics, focusing on morphology shifts attention to word parts rather than the decoding sequence, and random instructions aren’t a meaningful teaching method. So, describing the whole-word-first then phonemes sequence makes this option the best fit.