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Emphatic and contrastive stress

English · Grade 10 · about 40 minutes

Overriding the normal pattern to make a point or correct a mistake.

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Other lessons in this sub-strand

  1. Emphatic and contrastive stress
  2. Intonation
  3. Tunes that change attitude
  4. Correcting without starting a fight