Accents And Rules

Question 1

Acute

Answer 1

/

Question 2

Grave

Answer 2

\

Question 3

Circumflex

Question 4

Acute pitch

Answer 4

Rises

Question 5

Grave pitch

Answer 5

Falls

Question 6

Circumflex pitch

Answer 6

Rises and falls

Question 7

What are the locations for acute accents?

Answer 7

The last three syllables of a word

Question 8

Acute accents can be on long syllables

Answer 8

True

Question 9

Acute accents can be on short syllables

Answer 9

True

Question 10

Define a long vowel

Answer 10

Two morae or a dipthong

Question 11

Define mora

Answer 11

A mora is one syllable

Question 12

Define morae

Answer 12

Morae are two or more syllables

Question 13

A grave accent can go on any syllable

Answer 13

False

Question 14

A grave accent can only go on the last syllable

Answer 14

True

Question 15

A grave accent can go on long or short syllables

Answer 15

True

Question 16

Acute accents can become grave when

Answer 16

The word ends in an acute, and is followed by another word OR the word ends in punctuation marks

Question 17

The circumflexcan be both long and short vowels

Answer 17

False

Question 18

The circumflex can only be on long syllables

Answer 18

True

Question 19

A circumflex can be anywhere in the word

Answer 19

False

Question 20

A circumflex can only be on one of the last two syllables

Answer 20

True

Question 21

The circumflex can only be on the second to last syllable

Answer 21

True

Question 22

What is the law of contonation?

Answer 22

It is the rise and fall of pitch on either either one syllable or two, there cannot be more than one contonation between it and the end of the word (a word can’t have more than two).