english

• proverbs - a simple and concrete saying
• riddles - witty and puzzling statements
• balance and parallelism - equal or harmonious arrangement
• parallel statements expressing contrast - involve using parallelism
• paradox - involves the presentation of a statement
• an illogical action - a behavior, decision or choice that appears strange
• slang - informal words or phrases
• colloquial - less formal way of speaking
• subject verb agreement - subject and verb must be both singular or plural
• suprasegmental of speech - also called prosodic feature
• prosodic feature of speech - features that appear when we put sounds together on connected speech
• volume - degree of loudness or intensity
• projection - how speakers control the volume of their voice
• pitch - the highness and lowness of your voice when you speak
• strong - pitch is strong when you want to emphasize something
• moderately strong - the main word in a statement must be featured by this
• neutral - used to introduce a statement
• weak - used at the end of statement
• intonation - rising and falling of a speakers voice
• stress - emphasis on certain words or syllables within a sentence