intonation!!!

What is intonation?

• The way the voice rises and falls when speaking

• When the voice only rises while speaking

• The speed or pace at which someone speaks

• The pattern of stresses or beats in a sentence

When do we use intonation?

• When we retell the lesson

• When we sing

• When we express our feelings and emotions

• When we write an essay

Rising intonation typically used in: statements, commands, WH-questions

True or false?

Stress or stress? Fine, that's not funny, what is stress?

• Silence in the flow of speech

• The emphasis placed on certain syllables or words

• Special emotional colouring of the speaker's voice

• Rise in pitch and fall in pitch in the same sentence

"Are you coming?" is rising

intonation

Components of intonation (speech)

• Verb

• Reported speech

• A pause

• Pitch

Volume is the loudness or softness of speech

«Since we haven't decided on the venue yet, we should explore a few more options...»

What intonation does this refer to

• Non-final intonation

• Rising intonation

• Honestly, I don’t get it

• Falling intonation

Tempo is?

• When the voice rises at the end of a sentence

• The pattern of stressed and unstressed syllables in speech.

• The speed of speaking

• The highness or lowness of a voice

which one of these sentences is in falling intonation?

• “Maybe we should go?”

• “I’m going home”

• “Well, I could…”

• “Do you want tea or coffee?”