Transcript Pronunciation for Presentations

Pronunciation for Presentations
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Sentence Stress-In a presentation, content (nouns, verbs, adjectives, adverbs, and
question words) words are stressed by saying them in a louder, clearer, and longer
way-on the other hand, function words (articles, prepositions, conjunctions, and
auxiliary verbs) are not usually stressed
Intonation-This device is the rising and falling of the voice when speakingintonation should fall at the end declarative statements and rise at the end of
questions
Consonant Clusters-Refers to 2 or more consonants grouped together-they are
pronounced with no vowels between them
Compound Nouns-The stress is usually placed on the first syllable in a compound
noun
Noun/Verb Pairs-Some 2 syllable verbs and nouns are spelled alike-Most 2
syllable nouns are stressed on the first syllable and most 2 syllable verbs are
stressed on the second syllable
Linking-When a word begins with a vowel sound, it is often pronounced as 1
word by using the final consonant of the previous word
Final Consonants-Pronounce final consonants carefully-it can confuse listeners if
they are omitted