English Elocution

What is intonation?

• The way we speak

• The rise and fall of the voice during speech.

• The volume of our voice during speech.

• Our choice of words

What is the rise tone?

• A rise in the voice of the speaker

• A fall in the voice of the speaker

• The pitch in the voice of the speaker

• A change in the voice of the speaker.

What is the fall tone?

• A rise in the voice of the speaker

• A fall in the voice of the speaker

• A change in the voice of the speaker

• The pitch in the voice of the speaker

What is a yes/no question?

• A question that demands pitch in response.

• A question that demands a nod

• A question that demands a yes or no answer

• A question that requires an explanation

What tone of voice do you use for listing items?

• Fall tone

• Rise tone

• Rise-fall tone

• Fall-rise tone

What is word stress?

• Dragging out words slowly

• Emphasis placed on a particular syllable in a word.

• Emphasis on a sound in a word

• The ability to disturb a word

What is a sentence stress?

• Emphasis placed on a particular word or words in a sentence.

• Emphasis placed on a part of a sentence

• Emphasis placed on a particular sound in a word

• Emphasis placed on a full sentence

Choose the correct stress pattern in the word "estate "

• Estate

• eSTATE

Choose the correct stress pattern in the word "dangerous"

• DANgerous

• danGErous

• dangeROUS

Choose the correct stress pattern in the word "Computer"

• COMputer

• comPUter

• compuTER