Syllables
Syllables are chunks or beats of sound
Syllables
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jump
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jumping
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jumping
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help
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hello
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hello
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pencil
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pencil
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clock
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table
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table
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happy
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happy
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school
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Liverpool
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Liverpool
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carefully
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carefully
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mummy
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mummy
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computer
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computer
What is a stressed syllable?
• stress is the emphasis that may be given to certain syllable(s) in a word.
Example:
• excitement
• ex – cite – ment
• ex – cite – ment
• Mississippi
• Miss – is – sip – pi
• Miss – is – sip - pi
Sometimes, we call.....
stressed syllables, accented syllables.
A stress or an accent mark....
is placed above the syllable with the strongest sound
Example:• excellent
• spaghetti
• wonderful
• intense
Quick Class Assignment
1. Look up any ten words in the dictionary each with 2 or more syllables.
2. Write the word normally.
3. Then, write the dictionary suggestion dividing the syllables.
Example:
• teacher = teach – er
• power = po – wer
• hippopotamus = hip – po – pot – a - mus
What is an iamb?
• It is a two syllable set where the first syllable is unstressed and the second syllable is stressed
• They are called “couplets.”
The iamb is very commom in the English
language.
We often speak in iambic pentameter without even realizing it!
iambic pentameter are 5 iambs or couplets in a row
Take a look....
• I’d like to have you meet a friend of mine.
Look at the following song from “The Hobbit”
Can you figure out the iambs?
The wind was on the withered heath,
but in the forest stirred no leaf:
There shadows lay by night and day,
and dark things silent crept beneath.
The wind was on the withered heath,
but in the forest stirred no leaf:
There shadows lay by night and day,
and dark things silent crept beneath.
Now it’s your turn....
• Try to write 2 lines of poetry where each line contains 5 iambs
• If you succeed, you will have written your poem in iambic pentameter!
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