 

PHOTOGRAPH

PHOTOGRAPHER

PHOTOGRAPHIC
 Total Stressed
Word Stress
syllables syllable

PHO TO GRAPH 3 #1

PHO TO GRAPH ER 4 #2

PHO TO GRAPH IC 4 #3
 A word stress means a prominent syllable

word pattern

tea.cher •.
beau.ti.ful •..
un.der.stand ..•
con.ti.nue .•.
 There are two basic things to keep in mind that
will help you determine how to stress a word:

1. One word, one stress: One word cannot have

two stresses.
2. The stress is always on a vowel: Consonants
are never stressed.
 When a syllable is stressed, it is pronounced

 longer in duration
 higher in pitch
 louder in volume

 Unstressed syllables are weak or small

 Longer teeeeeeeeeeee cher
tea
Higher
cher
Louder TEA cher
TEEEEEEEEEE
All three E
combined
cher
 Where is
Word type Examples
the stress?
center
on the first
Nouns object
syllable
Two flower
syllables release
on the last
Verbs admit
syllable
arrange
 desktop
Nouns on the first pencil case
part bookshelf
greenhouse

Compound well-meant
words Adjectives
hard-headed
on the last old-fashioned
part (the verb
part)
understand
Verbs overlook
outperform
 Where is the
Word type Examples
stress?
turn off
Phrasal Verbs on the particle
buckle up

economic
-ic
electrical
the syllable before
the ending
Technician
Word -tion, -cian, -sion
graduation
With
Added
-phy, -gy, -try, -cy, biology
ending
-fy, -al geometry
the third from the
last syllable
Parameter
-meter
Thermometer
Homographs

Noun Verb
CONflict conFLICT
DEfect DeFECT
EXport exPORT
EXtract exTRACT
PERmit perMIT
PROtest proTEST
REcord reCORD
PRACTICE TIME
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