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Define Phonetics
Study of how we make speech sounds and how we organise these sounds
Define Phonology
Study of the patterns that speech sounds form within a language
Define Phonological Patterning
A set of phonological features in written and spoken texts
Why is Phonological Patterning’s used?
- express creativity
- persuasively
- capture and maintain attention
- act to set the tone
List the Phonological Patterning’s
- Alliteration
- Assonance
- Consonance
- Onomatopoeia
- Rhythm
- Rhyme
Define Alliteration and provide an example
Repetition of the same consonant sound in the initial position of nearby words.
“Reduce, reuse, recycle”
Define Assonance and provide an example
Repetition of vowel phonemes across phrases, clauses, or sentences.
“The stream meandered eerily along”
Define Consonance and provide an example
Repetition of consonant phonemes in phrases, clauses or sentences
“pitter, patter”
Define Onomatopoeia and provide an example
The creation of words to represent sounds
“chip chop chip chop”
What is the purpose of Onomatopoeia?
- bring vivid imagery
- sensory experience
- lively & interesting
- attract reader’s attention
- memorable
What can Alliteration create?
A playful and catchy tone
What can Assonance create?
- smoother/softer tone
- melodic feel
- slow down pace
What can Consonance create?
Percussive/rhythmic tone
Define Rhythm and provide an example
The creation of long and short patterns through stressed and unstressed syllables.
“Double, double, toil and trouble”
What does Rhythm achieve?
- flow and emphasis
- enhance tone or mood
Define Rhyme and provide an example
Two or more lexemes end with corresponding, matching phonology. The direct manipulation of assonance or consonance
“Sam I am”
What does Rhyme achieve?
- musicality
- emphasis
- cohesion
- aesthetic appeal
List the Prosodic Features
- Pitch
- Intonation
- Volume
- Tempo
- Stress
Define Pitch
The height of sound production, either higher or lower
Define Intonation
Differences in the pitch level of the voice spoken
Define Volume
The degree of loudness in spoken discourse
Define Tempo
The rate or pace of spoken discourse
Define Stress
The degree of emphasis given to sounds or a syllable in speech.
What is an acronym used to recall phonological patterning’s?
RACORA