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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1912 edition. Excerpt: ...direct question. The falling inflection, on the other hand, indicates completion of sense or that a question may not be answered by yes or no. The circumflex inflection is used to denote contrast or irony or sarcasm. Sometimes brief passages are read in a monotone, that is, on a single pitch. Ideas of grandeur, dignity and awe are sometimes rendered by a low monotone: 18. Teaching Inflections. To be natural and agreeable, the inflection of a readers voice must spring from perfect understanding of the meaning and a sympathetic appreciation of the feeling in what is read. Such being the case, there is little the teacher can give in the way of direct instruction and drill, except to inform the pupils what inflections there are and what is their significance and to require them to read examples in rising and falling inflection and in cir, cumflex. This preliminary instruction may best be given through examples, and the teacher will have the opportunity to call attention to the fact that it is the meaning rather than the punctuation that governs the inflection. For instance, we might imagine a teacher saying to one of her pupils, "Will you close the door?" She ends the question with the rising inflection because she anticipates an answer yes or no, and waits for the pupil to close the door. If the pupil neither moves nor answers, then she says, "Will you close the door?" In form her question is still the same, but as there has been no answer to the other, she makes the real meaning of her second sentence a command, and her voice falls. Again, she may have spoken to several pupils and none of them has responded; then she may turn in exasperation to some pupil and say, "Will you close the door?" As this is a...
| ISBN-13 | 9781152699595 |
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| ISBN-10 | 1152699598 |
| Weight | 0.62 Pounds |
| Dimensions | 9.00 x 6.00 x 0.43 In |
| List Price | $21.42 |
| Format | Paperback |
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| Pages | 186 pages |
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| Published On | 2010-01-01 |
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