Mastering stress, intonation, pitch, loudness, vowel length, and proper phonetic pronunciation enhances verbal intelligence and the ability to speak English melodiously. Stress refers to emphasizing important syllables within words and sentences. Each English word has its own stress pattern, and incorrect stress can reduce understandability and annoy listeners. Pitch changes in English do not alter word meaning but instead indicate attitude. When emphasizing a syllable, the vowel sound should be lengthened compared to other vowels in the word. Beginning English learners can make stressed syllables louder, but it is more effective to lengthen vowel sounds rather than altering pitch or loudness. There are no set stress pattern rules in English, so carefully focusing on stress,