Week 5: Syllable and Word Stress

Question 1

CV

Answer 1

open syllable

Question 2

CVC

Answer 2

Closed syllable

Question 3

CCVC

Answer 3

Consonant cluster

Question 4

Word Stress

Answer 4

The extra emphasis given to a syllable in a multi-syllabic word ex: cAbbage, cOtton

Question 5

Prominence

Answer 5

The one word or syllable in each thought group or sentence that receives more stress than the others

Question 6

Intonation

Answer 6

the pitch pattern of a sentence; the up and down melody of your voice as you speak

Question 7

Rhythm

Answer 7

The characteristic pattern of longer and shorter, stressed and unstressed syllables in a language

Question 8

Connected Speech

Answer 8

the changes in pronunciation that happen when words come together when we talk and are linked to the words around them

Question 9

Noun-verb pair stress

Answer 9

if noun the stress is in the front PROduce and if a verb the stress is after proDUCE

Question 10

Compound word nouns

Answer 10

the stress is on the first word

Question 11

Suffixes stress

Answer 11

stress on the suffix ITY, IC, ICAL, TION