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Heart word - a term coined by Linda Farrell and Michael Hunter to refer to irregularly spelled words that include parts that are not decodable according to familiar patterns and must be learned “by heart.” Heart words appear so frequently in text that they need to be read and spelled automatically. Examples of heart words are said, are, and where.
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