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• Word stress- is one of the important keys to improving your English comprehension skills.
• Stress- is the prominence or importance given to syllables or words. It is stress that makes a syllable or a word a standout.
• 4 types of stress: Primary, secondary, tertiary, weak
• Primary stress- this is the strongest emphasis given to a syllable or word.
• Secondary stress- the syllable or word is given emphasis but is not as loud as the primary stress.
• Tertiary stress- the syllable or word sounds less prominent.
• Weak stress- the syllable/word sound becomes unstressed in an unconnected speech; usually pronounced as a schwa.
• William Shakespeare- known primarily for his plays, became famous first as a poet.
• Shakespeare earlier plays appeared in 1594.
• They were mainly comedies and history based.
• Some of Shakespeare's famous works include Henry VI, Titus Andronicus, A Midsummer Night's Dream, The Merchant of Venice, Richard II, Romeo and Juliet.
• Shakespeare, a prolific playwright, was believed to have written two plays a year from 1594 until around 1611.
• His greatest tragedies were Hamlet, Othello, King Lear, Macbeth.