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    English unstressed reduced vowels‚ such as schwa ’[ə]’ and barred-i ’[ɨ]’‚ have phonetic features that are distinct from other vowels. Phonetic features of those vowels are reduced in duration and vowel quality (F1 and F2). Schwa ’[ə]’ occurs in a word-final position like Rosa as a mid central reduced vowel and barred-i ’[ɨ]’ occurs in a non-final position like roses as a high central reduced vowel (Flemming & Johnson 2007). In contrast to English‚ there is no stress in Korean phonological system

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    The phonetics of English language Chapter 1.The production of speech Phonetics may be considered the grammar of pronunciation. Phonetic system of English consists of the following four components: speech sounds‚ the syllabic structure of words‚ word stress‚ and intonation (prosody). These four components what is called pronunciation of English. In any language people speak using their organs of speech. All the organs of speech can be divided into two groups: Active organs of speech- are

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    ACCENTED & UNACCENTED /er/ ACCENTED/STRESSED /er/ only appears in /er/ stressed syllables. How To Pronounce: To make this sound‚ the lips will go round a bit. So‚ the corners come in‚ and that brings this part away from the face. The middle part of the tongue raises towards the roof of the mouth in the middle and the tongue actually touches the top teeth on either side. It presses against them. The front of the tongue ACCENTED/STRESSED Example (Spelling Pattern): /er/ • er – herd‚ serve‚ person

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    rhymes. Meter: a poetic measure; an arrangement of words in regularly measured‚ patterned‚ or rhythmic lines or verses. Iambic pentameter: a kind of rhythmic pattern that consists of five iambs (a metrical foot that consists of an unstressed syllable followed by a stressed one) per line. Ballad: a simple narrative poem of folk origin composed in short stanzas and adapted for singing. Stanza: grouped set of lines within a poem. Prosody: the study of metrical structure. Rhythm: a regular‚ repeated

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    John Aris. Del Rosario HNCA III-01 * What is Literature? * writings in which expression and form‚ in connection with ideas of permanent and universal interest‚ are characteristic or essential features‚ as poetry‚ novels‚ history‚ biography‚ and essays. * Generic Classification * Prose * the ordinary form of spoken or written language‚ without metrical structure‚ as distinguished from poetry or verse. * Fiction * the class of literature comprising works of imaginative

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    1. Central Focus a. Describe the central focus and the essential literacy strategy for comprehending OR composing text you will teach in the learning segment. [The central focus of the lesson segment is the comprehension of the standard ELAGSE4RL5: Explain major differences between poems‚ drama‚ and prose‚ and refer to the structural elements of poems (e.g.‚ verse‚ rhythm‚ and meter) and drama (e.g.‚ casts of characters‚ settings‚ descriptions‚ dialogue‚ stage directions) when writing or speaking

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    syllable or syllables which are uttered with more prominence than the other syllables of the word are said to be stressed or accented. Stress in the isolated word is termed word stress; stress in connected speech is termed sentence stress. If we compare stressed and unstressed syllables in the words contract [’kσntrækt]‚ to contract [kən’trækt]‚ we may note that in the stressed syllable: (a) the force is greater‚ which is connected with more energetic articulation; (b) the pitch

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    Poetry A Soldier By Robert Frost He is that fallen lance that lies as hurled‚ That lies unlifted now‚ come dew‚ come rust‚ But still lies pointed as it plowed the dust. If we who sight along it round the world‚ See nothing worthy to have been its mark‚ It is because like men we look too near‚ Forgetting that as fitted to the sphere‚ Our missiles always make too short an arc. They fall‚ they rip the grass‚ they intersect The curve of earth‚ and striking‚ break their own; They make us

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    An Overview of Sonnet 130

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    England. In the following essay‚ Woolway analyzes how‚ in “Sonnet 130‚” Shakespeare “succeeds...in turning traditional poetic conventions around.” She also takes a close look at the ways Shakespeare’s versification—his skill patterning of stressed and unstressed syllable—supports the poem’s meaning] In the sixteenth century‚ a form of poetry called the blazon was briefly popular. “Blazon” is a technical term usually used to describe heraldry. It always involved a detailed summary of all of the main

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    are most important for communication of the message‚ that is‚ nouns‚ main verbs‚ adjectives and adverbs‚ are normally stressed in connected speech. Grammar words such as auxiliary verbs‚ pronouns‚ articles‚ linkers and prepositions are not usually stressed‚ and are reduced to keep the stress pattern regular. This means that they are said faster and at a lower volume than stressed syllables‚ and the vowel sounds lose their purity‚ often

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