SPEAKING EXPRESSIVELY

juncture

A pause between sounds or words.

antagonism Active opposition; conflict; hostility.

Active opposition; conflict; hostility.

inflection

Alteration in pitch or tone of the voice; a suffix or ending added to root words to show case, number, gender, person, tense, mood, voice, or comparison.

interpret

Explain the meaning.

Changing the pitch on a word always changes the meaning.

False

"The Word was ________" (John 1:1)

God

impatience

Lack of patience; uneasiness.

pitch

The property of sound that varies with changes in the frequency of vibration; the highness or lowness of a tone.

larynx

The upper end of the human windpipe containing the vocal cords and acting as an organ of voice.

convey

To express; make known; communicate.

enunciate

To speak or pronounce words.

A person's thoughts and voice often reflect each other.

True

Changing the stress on a word changes the meaning of a sentence.

True

You can use a dictionary to find out where the accented syllable occurs in a word.

True

stress

Vocal force or emphasis on a spoken word or a part of a word.

"In the beginning was the _______ ." (John 1:1)

Word

Pitch, stress, and juncture are all called

intonation

Pauses between sounds or words are called

jucture

The vocal folds are located in the

larynx

Natural pitch can be

modified

Different voices have different natural

pitches

Pitch is controlled by the length and _____ of the vocal cords.

width