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PHOTOGRAPH
PHOTOGRAPHER
PHOTOGRAPHIC
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Word Stress Total
syllables
Stressed
syllable
PHO TO GRAPH 3 #1
PHO TO GRAPH ER 4 #2
PHO TO GRAPH IC 4 #3
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A word stress means a prominent syllable
word pattern
tea.cher • .
beau.ti.ful • . .
un.der.stand . . •
con.ti.nue . • .
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There are two basic things to keep in mind that
will help you determine how to stress a word:
1. One word, one stress: One word cannot have
two stresses.
2. The stress is always on a vowel: Consonants
are never stressed.
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When a syllable is stressed, it is pronounced
longer in duration
higher in pitch
louder in volume
Unstressed syllables are weak or small
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Longer teeeeeeeeeeee cher
Higher tea
cher
Louder TEA cher
All three
combined
TEEEEEEEEEE
E
cher
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Word type Where is
the stress? Examples
Two
syllables
Nouns on the first
syllable
center
object
flower
Verbs on the last
syllable
release
admit
arrange
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Compound
words
Nouns
on the first
part
desktop
pencil case
bookshelf
greenhouse
Adjectives
on the last
part (the verb
part)
well-meant
hard-headed
old-fashioned
Verbs
understand
overlook
outperform
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Word type Where is the
stress? Examples
Phrasal Verbs on the particle turn off
buckle up
Word
With
Added
ending
-ic the syllable before
the ending
economic
electrical
-tion, -cian, -sion Technician
graduation
-phy, -gy, -try, -cy,
-fy, -al the third from the
last syllable
biology
geometry
-meter Parameter
Thermometer
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Homographs
Noun Verb
CONflict conFLICT
DEfect DeFECT
EXport exPORT
EXtract exTRACT
PERmit perMIT
PROtest proTEST
REcord reCORD
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PRACTICE TIME PG. 90-91