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WEEK 8
Speech Work: Intonation: (Rising Tone) Vocabulary Development Prefixes (as word Extension, making for new meanings); Reading Comprehension: Reading for Critical Evaluation: ‘The Civil Service’ (NOSEC, pages 122 – 123) Structure: Phrasal Verbs (Two-word phrasal verbs); Writing Skills: Creative Writing: Story (Guided writing) Write a story that illustrates the saying: ‘Pride goes before a fall’; Summary: Exercise: Use any WAEC/NECO summary question.
ASPECT: Speech Work
TOPIC: Rising Tone
The rising tone is used to indicate a rise in the pitch of our voice. Remember that it is indicated by the use of the upward arrow (↗). The rising tone can be used in the following ways;
- To make request
Examples:
- Close that door, please. ↗
- Could you lend me your pen? ↗
- Sweep the floor as soon as you finish, please. ↗
- To list items.
Examples
- Mother brought rice, ↗ beans, ↗maggi, ↗ and onions. ↘
- There was enough food at the party; rice, ↗ salad, ↗ chicken, ↗ and foofoo. ↘
- She bought bananas, ↗ pineapples, ↗ guavas, ↗ oranges, and ↗ and water melons. ↘
- To ask questions which require Yes or No as the answer
Examples;
- Is she your mother? ↗
- Did you enjoy the meal? ↗
- Would you want me to visit you? ↗
- To make polite request
Examples;
- Please, let’s bury the hatchet. ↗
- Lend me your pen, please. ↗
- May I see you briefly, please? ↗
- To express surprise/disbelief.
Examples:
- Really ↗
- What? ↗
- Can that be true? ↗
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