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Thought Groups

Thought Groups. Thought groups are verbal punctuation. They make your speech more understandable. You can recognize a thought group when you hear a strongly stressed word (the focus word), a sweep of melody, and a pause. Thought Groups. End of a clause (a clause has a subject and verb)

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Thought Groups

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  1. Thought Groups • Thought groups are verbal punctuation. • They make your speech more understandable. • You can recognize a thought group when you hear a strongly stressed word (the focus word), a sweep of melody, and a pause.

  2. Thought Groups • End of a clause (a clause has a subject and verb) • Write a clause in your scene that is a thought group

  3. Thought Groups • End of a phrase • Prepositional phrase ex. in the classroom • Verb phrase ex. talk too much • Noun phrase ex. An ugly teacher • Write a prepositional phrase, a verb phrase, and a noun phrase from your scene that are thought groups

  4. Thought Groups • Transitional or parenthetical expressions • Ex. First, finally, on the other hand, but • Write a transitional or parenthetical expression from your scene that is a thought group

  5. Thought Groups • Remember that you can indicate a thought group by a slight drop in pitch and/or a brief pause • Practice the first 10 lines of your scene with your partner using a slight drop in pitch or a brief pause to indicate the thought groups.

  6. Linking • When consecutive words in the same thought group end and begin with the same consonant sound, the sound is held, not pronounced twice. • Ex. At twelve (hold t) • Write 3 examples of this from your scene. Practice saying them.

  7. Linking • When a word begins with a vowel sound, borrow the final consonant sound from the previous word in the same thought group. • Ex. Take off = takoff • Drop him off – dro pi moff • Write 3 examples of this from your scene Practice saying them.

  8. Linking • Stop consonants /p/ and /b/, /k/ and /g/, and /t/ and /d/ at the end of words are spoken at almost the same time as the first consonant sound in the next words. Hold the stop until you are ready to say the next sound. • Ex. Cab driver (hold the b until ready to say the d) Lab technician • Write 3 examples of this from your scene. • Practice saying them.

  9. When a word ends in /t/ and the next word begins with /y/, the blended sound is /tS/ as in choose. Common in negative questions • Ex. Don’t you ( sounds like “don chew”) • Can’t you, Haven’t you • Write 3 examples of this from your scene Practice saying them.

  10. When a word ends in /d/ and the next word begins with /y/, the blended sound is /dz/ as in juice. Common in past tense questions and questions with could, should and would. • Ex. Did you (sounds like “di joo”) • Could you • Write 3 examples of this from your scene Practice saying them.

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