OPINION-MARKING

SIGNALS
Presented By Group 2
LOOK AT THE PICTURE BELOW.

• How do you feel about the children in the picture?

• Why do you think the children are happy?
• For you, is it safe for them to play in the river?
 OPINIONS
Opinions refers to personal beliefs.
They tell about how someone feels, think,
or takes a stand about something.
They are influenced by a person’s experiences,
background knowledge, emotions, and preferences.
Others may agree or disagree with opinions, but they may
not prove or disapprove them.

The group of words that introduces opinions are called the

opinion-marking signals.
 BELOW ARE EXAMPLES OF
OPINION-MARKING SIGNALS

TAKE NOTE:
that if the sentence use different opinion-
marking signals it also carries different
shades of meaning. These signals or
phrases are used in different manners for
different purpose. However there are
certain opinion-marking signals that can
be used in same manners and for the
same purpose just like maybe and
probably , based on my experience and
on my experience, and i am certain that
and i am sure that.
where are opinion-marking signals
usually written?
• opinion-marking signals are usually
written at the beginning part of the
sentence.
How are opinion made?
• In general, opinions are made
with the use of opinion-marking
signals. They are based on
personal experience, background
knowledge, emotion, and
preferences.
Once upon a time is usually the beginning narrative of fairy tales that
you have watched or stories that you have read as a child
this opening narrative is usually read dramatically or with full emotions
moreover as a student most likely your our have asked us to read out
loudly part of the reading passage that
We are discussing. Reading aloud entails a lot of
challenges for it includes modifying your voice and observing proper
volume stress and weight these are what we call

PROSODIC FEATURES OF
SPEECH
 PROSODY SPEECH

study of all the element of

language that speech is the power of speaking;
contribute toward acoustic and form of
rhythmic effect. communication in spoken language.
generally this is the pattern of
stress and intonation on the
English language.
 SPEECH SOUNDS
SEGMENTALS SUPRASEGMENTAL
Segmentals S
speech features that
accompany
individual unit of speech or are added over a
segmental
 SPEECH SOUNDS
SEGMENTALS SUPRASEGMENTAL
Segmentals S
Vowels Stress

Consonants Pitch and Intonation

Diphthongs Juncture
STRESS a degree of force or prominence given to
a syllable or word
or the extra loudness given to a
particular syllable or word in order to
give emphasis.
a stress is represented through a stress
mark or a raised vertical line on the
syllable that needs emphasis

2 TYPE OF STRESS
word stress sentence stress
shows which words in a sentence is or are
shows what syllables in a word is stressed. stressed
WORD STRESS SENTENCE STRESS

as word stress shows the syllable

being
a sentence may have a different
stressed in each words. meaning once the stressed is
2 types of word stress: shifted to
another word.
• Monosyllabic words or mono
means one-syllable word’s,
these expresses sadness, joy, disgust,
fear, and anger.
• Multisyllabic words or multi
means many means two or more
syllables have only one primary
stress, these stressed syllables
are said louder, longer, and
higher than the rest syllables.
 Pitch Intonation
Highness or lowness Variation of pitch in
of a tone or voice spoken language
• low • rising-falling
• normal intonation
• high • rising intonation
• extra high
 JUNCTURE
interruption or break in continues flow of speech
pauses in speech
uses slant line (/) to indicate pausing

Pauses gives you time to think as you speak

Pauses gives you time to process your thoughts and focus on the key
words. You don't need to rush ahead of yourself. If you are nervous,
or need to some extra processing time, this is a great ploy.
RATE OF
SPEECH
speed of speaking words per minute form slow to fast
important words are lengthened; unimportant words are
shortened.
vowel sounds and some consonants are stretched out to
slow the speech rate
 PROSODIC
FEATURES OF
SPEECH