5. JUNCTURE/PAUSE
•“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.//”
7. JUNCTURE/PAUSE
He invariably chooses the method/ of the “controlled
experiment”. // For instance,/if he wants to see/ the effect of
sunlight/ on growing plants,/ he takes many plants as alike
as possible.// Then/ he stands some or them/ in the sun,/
some in the shade/ and some/ in the dark,/ while keeping all
conditions like temperature,/ moisture, and nourishment/
the same.// by keeping these constant/ and by varying the
light only,/ the effect of light/ on the plants/ can be clearly
seen.//
8. PITCH
The degree of highness or
lowness of the tone. This can
prevent the “monotone” effect
when speaking.
9. UNDERSTANDING STEPS UP
AND DOWN IN PITCH
A step is an abrupt, noticeable rise or
drop from one pitch to another.
Let’s look at a few examples:
10. UNDERSTANDING STEPS UP
AND DOWN IN PITCH
1. NOTE-book: You notice I’m stepping
down from a higher pitch to a baseline
pitch.
2. sep-TEM-ber. In this example, we’re
stepping up to the second syllable,
which is stressed: sep-TEM-ber.
11. UNDERSTANDING STEPS UP
AND DOWN IN PITCH
1. A common verb we can use when discussing
pitch is the verb “contrast”: conTRAST.
2. Another common longer word that we can use
is “communication”: com-mu-ni-CA-tion. I’m
stepping up to the syllable “ca.”
12. UNDERSTANDING PITCH
GLIDES
1. A pitch glide happens when we
need to show a change in tone on a
particular syllable within a word.
13. UNDERSTANDING PITCH
GLIDES
2. Sometimes we change our pitch noticeably
on simple, short, one syllable words or vowel
sounds, or we may glide between different
tones for effect, or we may need to change our
pitch on words that are linked together
because of connected speech.
16. UNDERSTANDING PITCH
GLIDES
"Good ↗morn↘ing" versus "Good
morn↘ing.“
"He's going ↗home?“
"I saw a ↘man in the garden" answers
"Whom did you see?" or "What happened?“
while "I ↘saw a man in the garden"
17. UNDERSTANDING PITCH
GLIDES
"The lecture was canceled" (high pitch on
both syllables of "cancelled", indicating
continuation); versus "The lecture was
can↘celed." (high pitch on first syllable of
"canceled", but declining pitch on the
second syllable, indicating the end of the
first thought).
18. SPEAKER TIPS
Avoid monotony, speaking with one pitch
tone or little variety in pitch. Make sure to
vary the speech as you speak to show
emphasis and change in meaning.
19. STRESS
1. To pronounce (a syllable or word) in
a louder or more forceful way than
other syllables or words
26. SENTENCE STRESS
Sentences MEANING
1. I don’t think she would write it. I don’t think that, but someone else does.
2. I DON’T think she will listen to him. It is not true that I think that.
3. I don’t THINK she will listen to him. I don’t think that, I know that. Or: I don’t
think that, but I could be wrong.
4. I don’t think SHE will listen to him. I think that someone other than her will
listen to him.
5. I don’t think she WILL listen to him. I think that she will not be willing or
agreeable to listening to him.
6. I don’t think she will LISTEN to him. Instead of listening, she might talk to him.
7. I don’t think she will listen to HIM. I think that she will listen to someone else
than him.
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35. PUPPY AND I
BY A. A. MILNE
I met a Man as I went walking:
We got talking,
Man and I.
"Where are you going to, Man?" I said
(I said to the Man as he went by).
"Down to the village, to get some bread.
Will you come with me?" "No, not I."
36. I met a horse as I went walking;
We got talking,
Horse and I.
"Where are you going to, Horse, today?"
(I said to the Horse as he went by).
"Down to the village to get some hay.
Will you come with me?" "No, not I."
37. I met a Woman as I went walking;
We got talking,
Woman and I.
"Where are you going to, Woman, so early?"
(I said to the Woman as she went by).
"Down to the village to get some barley.
Will you come with me?" "No, not I."
38. I met some Rabbits as I went walking;
We got talking,
Rabbits and I.
"Where are you going in your brown fur
coats?"
(I said to the Rabbits as they went by).
"Down to the village to get some oats.
Will you come with us?" "No, not I."
39. I met a Puppy as I went walking;
We got talking,
Puppy and I.
"Where are you going this nice fine day?"
(I said to the Puppy as he went by).
"Up to the hills to roll and play."
"I'll come with you, Puppy," said I.
