Basic Intonation Patterns

Sentence Purpose/Feeling
You want flowers. State a fact.
You want flowers? Ask a question.
Eric, your friend, Emphasize the giv-

Eric, your friend, Emphasize the rela-

gave me flowers. tionship of the giver
Eric gave you Turn a statement in-
flowers? to a question.
Eric gave me flow- Indicate excitement.
ers!
Eric gave me flow- Indicate boredom or
ers. disappointment.
1. Rising Intonation — the pitch of the
voice rises overtime.
2. Falling Intonation — a fall of voice into
a low pitch tone.
Stress — refers to the prominence giv-
en to a syllable or word which makes
the word or syllable stand out above
the adjacent syllable or word.
2 Simple Rules
One word has only one stress.
The stress is always on a vowel.