- Different Patterns of Intonation
- Rising: sentence not finished
- Failing: end of a sentence
- Rising-falling
- Falling-rising
- Flat
- High
- Low
- New Information vs. Old Information
- Rising: old information
- Failing: new information
- Intonation in Questions
- Rising: you think you know the answer
- Failing: you already have some idea of the answer but don’t know it. You just ask to check or confirm that your idea is right.
- More Ways to Use Intonation in Questions
- Rising: criticizing someone
- Falling: make a comment
- Rising(indirect,hesitant)/Falling(direct,confident): make a suggestion
- Surprise, Doubt, Excitement, Sarcasm, and Annoyance
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Intonation Patterns
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