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Moon7296 Posted 15 years ago
Essay & Composition Writing
Pitch rise when listing things
A : Did you have your car fixed?
B : Yeah. But it needed a new tailpipe, new shocks, and a new battery.
1. In B, the pitch rises on tailpipe, shocks, and battery because the sentence is listing things.
The explanation #1 is provided as a wrong answer on purpose.
Where is wrong?
B : Yeah. But it needed a new tailpipe, new shocks, and a new battery.
1. In B, the pitch rises on tailpipe, shocks, and battery because the sentence is listing things.
The explanation #1 is provided as a wrong answer on purpose.
Where is wrong?
Top answer
Yes, the pitch rises slightly on those words. In a declarative sentence, the pitch lowers at the end, so a rise indicates that there is more to come.
- Yes, the pitch rises slightly on those words.
- In a declarative sentence, the pitch lowers at the end, so a rise indicates that there is more to come.
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Yes, the pitch rises slightly on those words.
In a declarative sentence, the pitch lowers at the end, so a rise indicates that there is more to come.
In a declarative sentence, the pitch lowers at the end, so a rise indicates that there is more to come.
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The wrong is this: the pitch does not rise on the word "battery." It does rise on the other two words, as well as a volume emphasis on all three of the words, because it is a list of things. But, because it is a declarative sentence (as opposed to a question) the pitch lowers on the word "battery," especially at the end of the word.
I hope this helps.
-S
I hope this helps.
-S
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