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PHOTOGRAPH PHOTOGRAPHER PHOTOGRAPHIC Total syllables Stressed syllable PHO TO GRAPH 3 #1 PHO TO GRAPH ER 4 #2 PHO TO GRAPH IC 4 #3 Word Stress A word stress means a prominent syllable word pattern beau.ti.ful •. •.. un.der.stand ..• con.ti.nue .•. tea.cher There are two basic things to keep in mind that will help you determine how to stress a word: 1. 2. One word, one stress: One word cannot have two stresses. The stress is always on a vowel: Consonants are never stressed. When a syllable is stressed, it is pronounced longer in duration higher in pitch louder in volume Unstressed syllables are weak or small Longer Higher Louder All three combined teeeeeeeeeeee cher tea cher TEA cher TEEEEEEEEEE E cher Word type Nouns Where is Examples the stress? on the first syllable center object flower on the last syllable release admit arrange Two syllables Verbs Nouns Compound words on the first part Adjectives on the last part (the verb part) Verbs desktop pencil case bookshelf greenhouse well-meant hard-headed old-fashioned understand overlook outperform Word type Phrasal Verbs Where is the stress? Examples on the particle turn off buckle up -ic the syllable before the ending Word -tion, -cian, -sion With Added -phy, -gy, -try, -cy, ending -fy, -al -meter the third from the last syllable economic electrical Technician graduation biology geometry Parameter Thermometer Homographs Noun Verb CONflict conFLICT DEfect DeFECT EXport exPORT EXtract exTRACT PERmit perMIT PROtest proTEST REcord reCORD PRACTICE TIME PG. 90-91
