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Public Speaking Stress Bridget Green Extension 2008 Public Speaking Word Stress and Sentence Stress Word Stress In English, words with more than one syllable have stress. A syllable is a part of a word with one vowel sound. Is it important? Word Stress eunuch impotent unique important Word Stress It’s important! Word Stress Work together. How many syllables?Count = How the manyvowel vowel sounds. sounds? remember radio special motorcycle necessary technology because countries everyone important impossible appointment Sounds Great Book 2; Lesson 2 Word Stress Check your answers: remember 3 radio 3 special 2 motorcycle 4 necessary 4 technology 4 because 2 countries 2 everyone 3 important 3 impossible 4 appointment 3 Word Stress Stress means that one syllable is L O and N G E R LOUDER Word Stress Mark the stressed syllable and say it longer, higher, and louder than the other syllables. remember radio special motorcycle necessary technology because countries everyone important impossible appointment Word Stress LET’S PLAY… HUMAN WORD Human Word Make a group. Choose a runner. See a word. Count the syllables. Each person becomes a syllable. Stressed syllable STANDS up. Say the word. Human Word Example: INTERNATIONAL How many syllables? Five. Make each person a syllable. Stressed syllable STANDS up. Say the word. IN TER NA TION AL Public Speaking Sentence Stress Sentence Stress In English, sentences also have stress. Look at the sentences on your handout. Listen. Can you hear the stressed words? Sentence Stress a. The rent is due the first of the month. b. You’ll find a mailbox a block down the street. c. Please leave your number and I’ll call you later. d. The date of the test was announced in class. e. The store will be open from nine to nine. f. We were best friends during high school and college. g. How did the study give proof that the most visible cars are white and red? h. They made reservations / to take a vacation / the last week of June. i. I’m reading an article / about the latest research / on improving memory. j. This is the time to study hard. Sounds Great Book 2, Chapter 6 Which parts of speech are usually stressed? Write them in the correct column on your handout. helping verbs to be to have adjectives negatives articles Wh- question words verbs pronouns prepositions conjunctions This, that, these, those adverbs nouns Sentence Stress Which words are usually stressed? Stressed Unstressed nouns prepositions verbs articles adjectives pronouns adverbs helping verbs to be to have negatives conjunctions Wh- question words This, that, these, those Sentence Stress That’s a LOT to remember! Here’s an easier rule: STRESS INFORMATION WORDS. Sentence Stress LET’S PLAY… HUMAN SENTENCE Human Sentence Make a group. Choose a runner. See a sentence. Count the words. Make each person a word. Stressed words STAND up. Say the sentence. Human Sentence Example: He’s never going to go. How many words? Five. Make each person a word. Stressed words STAND up. Say the sentence. Remember to link! He’sHe’s NEVER gonna going to GO. Sentence Stress RULES CONTINUED: 1. Stress information words. 2. Stress important words. Careful! The words you stress may change the meaning… Sentence Stress Michael’s car is white. (normal information/normal stress) Michael’s car is white. Michael’s car is white. Michael’s car is white. Michael’s car is white. (…but mine isn’t.) (…but his truck is blue.) (…why are you saying it isn’t?) (…and not some other color.) Sentence Stress Now you try it. Say these sentences. What do they mean? I did it. Emily isn’t here. My RA is pretty. That’s a good idea. I’d like to welcome you to Mukogawa. Sentence Stress Remember… 1. Stress information words. 2. Stress important words. Public Speaking Word Stress and Sentence Stress Sentence Stress RULES CONTINUED: 3. Stress surprising words !!!! If something is surprising, or contrary to expectations, stress it. Sentence Stress Example: Taking a bath Normal stress: "In a Japanese onsen we don't use soap in the tub after we get in. We use it outside the tub at a faucet near the floor and then we rinse ourselves off before we get in." Sentence Stress In Japan But this is surprising in America. In America Use soap outside the tub Use soap before we get in Use soap in the tub Use soap after we get in "In a Japanese onsen we don't use soap in the tub after we get in. We use it outside the tub at a faucet near the floor and then we rinse ourselves off before we get in." Public Speaking Word Stress and Sentence Stress