STRESS

HETERONYMS
•ARE WORDS WITH THE SAME
SPELLING BUT WITH
DIFFERENT
PRONOUNCIATION AND
MEANING.
 NOUN
•A WORD THAT IS THE NAME
OF SOMETHING (SUCH AS A
PERSON, ANIMAL, PLACE,
THING, QUALITY, IDEA, OR
ACTION)
 VERB
•A WORD THAT IS USUALLY ONE
OF THE MAIN PATS OF A
SENTENCE AND THAT
EXPRESSES AN ACTION, AN
OCCURANCE, OR STATE OF
BEING.
 STRESS
•IS A RELATIVE EMPHASIS
THAT MAY BE GIVEN TO
CERTSIN DYLLABLES IN A
WORD, OR TO CERTAIN
WORDS IN A PHRASE OR
SENTENCE.
•IN ENGLISH, STRESSED
SYLABLE ARE LOUDER THAN
NON-STRESSED SYLLABLES.
ALSO, THEY ARE LONGER
AND HAVE A HIGHER PITCH.
 EXAMPLES
NOUN VERB
desert desert

object object

combat combat

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