Skibidi Toilet

What is intonation?

•    A. The speed of speech   

    

• B. The use of pitch to convey linguistic information  

• C. The volume of speech 

• D. The choice of words in a sentence  

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CCSS.L.3.3A

CCSS.L.4.3A

CCSS.L.5.3A

CCSS.L.6.3A

CCSS.L.6.3B

Which of the following is NOT a component of intonation?

• a) Pitch  

• b) Loudness  

•   c) Grammar  

• d) Speech rhythm  

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CCSS.L.3.3A

CCSS.L.4.3A

CCSS.L.5.3A

CCSS.L.6.3A

CCSS.L.6.3B

In English, the word “yes” spoken with a rising tone (/yes) typically conveys

• a) Finality  

•   b) A request for more information  

• c) Strong disapproval 

• d) Boredom  

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CCSS.RL.11-12.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

Which tone is used to convey strong feelings like surprise or approval?

• a) Fall-rise 

• b) Rise-fall  

•   c) Level  

•    d) Fall   

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CCSS.L.3.3A

CCSS.L.4.3A

CCSS.L.5.3A

CCSS.L.6.3A

CCSS.L.6.3B

What is the tonic syllable?

• a) The first syllable in a word  

• b) The syllable that carries the tone in a tone-unit  

• c) The loudest syllable in a sentence  

• d) The last syllable in a word  

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CCSS.L.3.3A

CCSS.L.4.3A

CCSS.L.5.3A

CCSS.L.6.3A

CCSS.L.6.3B

Which part of the tone-unit includes all syllables before the first stressed syllable

• a) Head  

•    b) Tail   

• c) Pre-head  

• d) Tonic syllable  

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CCSS.L.3.3A

CCSS.L.4.3A

CCSS.L.5.3A

CCSS.L.6.3A

CCSS.L.6.3B

In the sentence “Give me those,” which part is the head?

• a) “Give me”  

• b) “those”  

• c) “Give”  

•   d) “me”  

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CCSS.RF.3.3B

CCSS.RF.3.3C

CCSS.RF.3.3D

CCSS.RF.4.3A

CCSS.RF.5.3A

What does a fall-rise tone (˅) often express?

• a) Complete agreement  

• b) Limited agreement or hesitation  

•   c) Strong emotions  

•   d) Routine responses   

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CCSS.L.3.3A

CCSS.L.4.3A

CCSS.L.5.3A

CCSS.L.6.3A

CCSS.L.6.3B

Which function of intonation helps identify the most important word in a sentence?

• a) Attitudinal  

• b) Accentual  

• c) Grammatical  

• d) Discourse  

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CCSS.L.1.5D

CCSS.L.2.5B

CCSS.L.3.5C

CCSS.L.K.5D

Which tone is typically used for listing items until the final item?

•   a) Rising, rising, falling   

•     b) Falling, falling, rising   

• c) Level throughout  

• d) Rise-fall on each item  

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CCSS.RI. 9-10.10

CCSS.RI.11-12.10

CCSS.RL.11-12.10

CCSS.RL.8.10

CCSS.RL.9-10.10