Analytic phonics studies letter-sound links:

1. Analytic phonics does not pronounce sounds in isolation and blend them. 2. It works at the word level. 3. Learners analyse the letter-sound relationships once the word is identified. 4. Synthetic phonics starts with the sounds, which is the reverse. 5. Analytic phonics may use word families such as can, ran, man. 6. So the analysis follows identification of the whole word. **Why the other options fail:** - Before any word is shown describes no reading method. - Isolated sounds and blending first both describe synthetic phonics. _Source: Wikipedia, "Phonics", section "Analytic phonics and analogy phonics" (revision 1379668191)_