FB: Barr Btone IG: Barr Btone YT: Barr Btone

2. PROSODIC FEATURES
ARE THOSE ASPECTS OF SPEECH
WHICH GO BEYOND PHONEMES AND
DEAL WITH THE AUDITORY QUALITIES
OF SOUND.

3. PROSODIC FEATURES OF SPEECH
PITCHPAUSE
VOLUMESTRESS TEMPO

4. PAUSE
 A TEMPORARY STOP
WHY PAUSE?
 GIVE THE LISTENER TIME TO UNDERSTAND YOUR
WORDS.
 EMPHASIZE ONE MAIN WORD IN A GROUP OF WORDS.

5. EXCUSE ME. / WHERE IS THE BATHROOM?
NOW THAT I SEE IT, / I THINK I PREFER IT IN RED.
SHE HASN’T TOLD ME, / BUT I THINK / SHE’LL GET MARRIED SOON.

6. 7 CATEGORIES OF CONTENT WORDS
CONTENT WORDS ARE THOSE THAT CARRY THE MEANING OF A SENTENCE. THESE INCLUDE:
 NOUNS
 MAIN VERBS
 ADJECTIVES
 ADVERBS
 NEGATIVES (“NOT”)
 WH -WORDS (“WHAT)
 INTERJECTIONS (“WOW”)

7. WHERE IS MY DOG?

8. STRESS
WHAT IS A STRESS?
STRESS IS THE DEGREE OF FORCE WITH WHICH A SYLLABLE OR A
WORD IS UTTERED.
IT CAN BE CALLED A GRAMMATICAL DEVICE IN SPOKEN ENGLISH.
IN ENGLISH, A PART OF THE MEANING OF A WORD DEPENDS ON ITS
STRESS; IT (STRESS) SERVES TO MARK THE FUNCTION OF THE WORDS
IN SPOKEN ENGLISH.

9. Nouns and adjective Verbs and preposition
Stress is on the first
syllable
Stress is on the second
syllable
SAMples aMONG
INsults inSULT

11. VOLUME
LOUDNESS OR SOFTNESS OF SOUNDS.
USE TO SHOW EMOTIONS.

12. PITCH
THE DEGREE OF HIGHNESS OR LOWNESS OF A TONE.

13. TEMPO
THE RATE OR SPEED OF MOTION OR ACTIVITY; PACE.

14. INTONATION
VARIATION OF SPOKEN PITCH
USED TO EXPRESS EMOTION, AND
FOR EMPHASIZING SOMETHING

15. USE A FALLING INTONATION IF THE
SENTENCE IS A STATEMENT OR ANSWER
TO QUESTION.
USE A RISING INTONATION FOR A
QUESTION ANSWERABLE BY YES OR A NO.

16. BEING A GOOD SPEAKER AND A GOOD
LISTENER CAN HELP IN
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