Prosodic Features of Speech

It is the music of your communication and speech is the lyrics.

• stress

• intonation

• volume

• voice

It is the relative emphasis that may be given to a certain syllable/s in a word.

• pitch

• volume

• stress

• intonation

Change in the stress on words can change its meaning.

• True

• False

Juncture is the pattern of rising and falling of pitch that occurs when we are speaking.

• True

• False

When the person's rate of speech is "too slow", it often implies nervousness or tension.

• True

• False

Identify what feature of prosodic speech is being emphasized below based on the given context.

Context: Your mom and your teacher were taking over the phone very loud until you passed-by and your mom saw you.

"I also noticed that my daughter, Dafne isn't active this academic year. I'm not really sure what happened, Miss Cruz."

Identify what feature of prosodic speech is being emphasized below based on the given context.

Context: Your adviser informed you that you will be delivering a welcoming remarks for the upcoming school event for Junior High School Students and the estimated attendees is at least 500 people.

"Good day, my dearest fellow students! It is indeed my pleasure to be here today. Please allow me to share my experiences as our school's SG president last academic year..."

Identify what feature of prosodic speech is being emphasized below based on the given context.

Context: Two similiar words with different meaning.

"It is so difficult to have a leader who doesn't address the problem properly and effectively."

"May I know your home address?"

Identify what feature of prosodic speech is being emphasized below based on the given context.

Context: You went to Mang Inasal for lunch with your family.

"You: Excuse me, may I have more rice?"

"Service Crew: Here's your requested ice, ma'am"

rice: ...

ice: ...

Mang Inasal: ...

Coco Martin: ...

Identify what feature of prosodic speech is being emphasized below based on the given context.

Context: Your teacher made an announcement regarding taking notes during synchronous sessions.

Teacher: "Students are not allowed to take screenshots of the teacher's PowerPoint Presentation."

Your classmate who got disconnected seconds ago: "What ma'am? Students are not allowed to take screenshots of the teacher's PowerPoint Presentation?"