Rhythm in Words and Sentences

Rhythm in Words and Sentences ● Words have stressed and unstressed syllables ● unstressed syllables are faster ● unstressed vowels are often reduced to a schwa sound ● stressed vowels are long and clear ● stressed syllables are slow and higher in pitch ● Ex. ap PEAR an ces

Practice How are unstressed syllables different from stressed syllables? What sound do most unstressed vowels make?

Stressed Words ●

Content Words

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Nouns

lunch ● answer ●

Verbs

Adjectives

vote explain

cheap active

More Stressed Words Adverbs ● quite ● really ●

Negatives can’t not

Demonstratives ● this ● those ●

Wh-Question what how

Practice Name three types of content words. Ex. Name three more types of content words. Ex.

Reduced or Function Words Articles ● A ● The ●

Pronouns ● her ● you ●

Conjunctions and or

Prepositions to of

Auxiliary Verbs can have

Practice What are three types of function words? Ex. What are two more types of function words? Ex.

Rhythm in Sentences BROAD VIEW ● BROAD reVIEW ● BROADER reVIEW ●

SLOW ● SLOWly ● SLOWly ●

TURN TURN reTURN

Rhythm NEW VICE ● NEW deVICE ● NEWest deVICE ●

QUICK CALL ● QUICK reCALL ● QUICKly reCALL ●

Buckle My Shoe ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ●

One, two, Buckle my shoe; Three, four, Knock at the door; Five, six, Pick up sticks; Seven, eight, Lay them straight.

Nursery Rhymes ● ● ● ● ● ●

://www.hubbardscupboard. org/nursery_rhyme_words.html Three Blind Mice (Please sit down.) (Come back soon.) (Hans can’t go) Don’t drive fast.)