PIRF-416:How To-A way Sound Interesting

Pronunciation●Intonation●Rhythm●Flow

HOW TO SPEAK! HOW TO TALK!

Don’t make a VOWEL FOUL!

How many certain LONG OO sounds in this assignment?

How To – A Way to Sound Interesting

This sentence has five words. Here are five more words. Five-word sentences are fine.

But several together become monotonous. Listen to what is happening. My words are

getting boring. The sound of it drones. It’s like a stuck record. The ear demands some

variety.

Now listen. I vary the sentence length, and I create music. Music. The writing sings.

It has a pleasant rhythm, a lilt, a harmony. I use short sentences. And I use sentences

of medium length. And sometimes, when I am certain the listener is rested, I will

engage him with a sentence of considerable length, a sentence that burns with energy

and builds with all the impetus of a crescendo, the roll of the drums, the crash of the

cymbals–sounds that say listen to this, it is important.

Oops, there is only one long oo sound in this assignment.

Tips: To: are all schwa sounds.

Practice

The first time with Coach Matt at 10:45 pm on 2024-11-19

• Sound I: linked

• mo-no-to-nous/har-mo-ny/im-pe-tus: slow down,okay

Tips: notice the space, slow down.

The second time with Coach Lan at 2024-11-10-23

• what is: linked

• The sound of it: linked

• rhythm: TH sound

• short/cert/ain/: short I sound

• length: ng Do not move your tongue tip, but focus on the back of the tongue

The third time with Coach Lan at 11:10 am on 2024.11.25

• mo-no-t/onous: stop t

• rhythm: stress the first syllable, short I sound

• crescendo: schwa sound