Advanced Punctuation

Apuntes

**Advanced Punctuation and Sentence Structure** --- **Stress and Unstressed Words** **Content Words (Stressed):** - nouns - verbs - adjectives - adverbs - demonstrative pronouns and adjectives - interrogative words - negatives **Function Words (Unstressed):** - articles - short prepositions - conjunctions - auxiliary verbs - personal pronouns - possessive pronouns and adjectives - relative pronouns --- **Highlighting Techniques** 1. **Beginning a conversation with a question:** Highlight the last content word. - *What did you do on the **WEEKEND**?* 2. **Highlighting new information:** - *(What did you do on the **WEEKEND**?)* I went **DANCing**. 3. **Highlighting contrasts and corrections:** - *The mayor's going to **RAISE** taxes and **CUT** spending.* - *The **ELEPHANT** isn't the largest animal in the world; the **WHALE** is.* 4. **Highlighting in sentences with "there is/are":** - *There’s some important **NEWS** on tonight.* 5. **Highlighting auxiliary verbs to show agreement:** - *This **HAS** been a good experience.* - *It **HAS** been a good experience.* 6. **Highlighting function word...