STRESSIN

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SPEECH

STRESS

a relative emphasis that may be given to certain syllables in a word or to

certain words in a phrase or sentence

STRESS INVOLVES CHANGES

1)Pitchthe property of sound that varies with variation in the frequency of vibration

2)Force dynamic accent

3)Durationcontinuance or lenght

STRESS DEGREES

oStrong Stress

oSecondary Stress

oTertiary Stress

oWeak

oWeak or Zero Stress

WORD STRESS

Monosyllabic

And

Multi-syllabic

MONOSYLLABIC

deal

east

sun

sail

cent

get

tame

whole

seal

care

cell

hold

may

can

Say the following one-syllable words with increased force and loudness

MULTI-SYLLABLE WORDS

notice

urchin

titan

vivid

taffeta

Vatican

mechanize

supervise

ostracize

parliament

vegetable

voluntary

notary

profile

matinee

origin

Exercise 1 Read the following, stressing only the first of each word.

Exercise 2 Read the following words stressing the second syllable of each word

cartoon

technique

unless

supreme

survive

obscure

retrench

giraffe

horizon

accustom

abundance

acknowledge

distinguish

consortium

department

semester

original

variety

particular

subsidary

Exercise 3 Read the following stressing the third syllable of each word

•volunteer

•correspond

•mayonnaise

•undertake

•manufacture

•departmental

•propaganda

•equilibrium

•apparatus

•elementary

•beneficiary

•choreograph

y

•photosynthesis

•parliamentary

•oppurtunity

•scientific

Exercise 4 Read the following words stressing the fourth syllable

misrepresent

superimpose

misunderstood

accomodation

authoritarian

alliteration

contemporary

pronunciation

temperamental

prevarication

extemporaneous

socialization

Exercise 5 Read the following words stressing the fifth syllable

•Personification

•Denaturalize

•Onomatopoeia

• Indemnification

• indispensability

• Indiscrimination

• Inexplicability

• Insubordination

• Insuperability

•Capitalization

• inevitability