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• Phrasing


  1. To catch one's breath

  2. To make meaning clear

  3. To emphasize an idea
• Phrasing practice selection


  1. Rhythm pause (/)

  2. Thought pause (//)
• Blending


  Combining words and syllables smoothly
• Phrasing


  Grouping words together to catch one's breath, make meaning clear, and emphasize an idea
• Once learned, proper phrasing improves one's rhythm of speech
• Phrasing


  1. Single diagonal line (/) for a short rhythm pause

  2. Double diagonal line (//) for a longer thought pause
• BLENDING

  Blending it is saying the words in phrase as if they were one word.

  In blending, the final consonant sound of a word is blended with the initial vowel sound of the next word.
• INTONATION

  Intonation it is the rise and fall of the voice when a person speaks. The voice rises in a stressed syllable or word. It falls in an unstressed syllable or word.
• Types of Pitch Movements

  1. Shift - a pitch change between two Syllables.

  2. Glide a pitch within a syllable.
• Two Kinds of Final Intonation Patterns

  1. Falling The pitch of the voice goes downward.

  2. Rising - The pitch of the voice goes upward.
• Uses of Falling Intonation

  1. a statement, a command or request

  2. a question which cannot be answered by yes

  or no.

  a tag question expressing certainty
• Uses of Rising Intonation

  1. at the end of a yes/no question
  2. after a phrase within a sentence
  3. in enumerating persons, places objects, etc.