Top 5 Tips: How to Identify Stressed Syllables in English Words | Writing Rhyme & Meter for Children

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In this video I share my top 5 tips for how to identify stressed syllables in English words. Identifying stressed syllables is an essential skill for writers who want to write in rhyme and meter, rhyming picture books, or rhyming poetry for children.

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[LyricalLanguageLab]

QOTD: Do you have your own tips or tricks for identifying stressed syllables? I'd love to hear about them!

[cristianjadetulisana]

I'M LITERALLY CRYING HERE WE ARE ON A RUSH MAKING AIAMBIC PENTAMETER SONNET ORIGINALLY BUT MY BROKE EARS AND UNNATIVE TONGUE ARE SAYING THAT I'M THE ONE WHO'S STRESSED. THANK YOU MAAM YOU REALLY REALLY SAVED ME THANK YOUU THANK I THOUGHT I'LL FAIL MY SUBJECT.


update: I finish my year with high honors (95 gwa).

[queenofweaves]

I am SO glad I found your video! I am taking creative writing and we are studying rhyme and meter. I was at a complete loss, my professor did a great video but I wasn't understanding. I couldn't hear a thing in any of the poems. Thank God for youtube! I subscribed and will be using your work as support. I am a visual learner and the examples you used literally turned a switch on in my head lol.

[tjtocker]

Hey! Even though English is my first language and I'm actually a professional copywriter, this video was really helpful to me too. I'm always looking to improve the flow of my writing and I've been struggling to understand lexical stress until I saw this video. So, I just wanted to say thank you.

[danielpavlin]

Hi Ms. Lyrical,

I got a C- on my midterm, but I am very much grateful for your tips. This really helps. Wish me luck on the final.

[roseartgallery]

Learned it at 3rd!! Thank you so much.🌸

[tomc]

The easiest is to stress a syllable that’s a root word, and ignore anything that looks like a prefix or suffix. That would be my tip.

[pennyklostermann]

You're the BEST teacher, Renee. So concise and clear. It's like you're in our minds and know just what we need to help us understand! Love these videos!!!!

[ShadowMeister]

Wow I'm a musician and I've always found it very hard to put lyrics to my melodies and melodies to my lyrics but this video has made writing and composing melodies so much easier
The tip of saying it wrong really helped me figure it out and ive never heard anyone explain it that way
Thank you so much

[elijahkim]

THANK YOU SO MUCH. I WAS SO CONFUSED IN ENGLISH BUT THIS MAKES IT SO MUCH EASIER

[stephanielmt]

Seriously wish someone had explained this to me 15+ years ago when I was in high school. I've always known about my skill gap but it seemed too complicated to figure out on my own. Thanks for this simple breakdown!!

[rileycook]

this video is a lifesaver. as far as my own tricks go, i try singing the verse to songs (or well known lines from lit pieces) with different meters. ex) iambic: amazing grace, house of the rising sun; anapestic: twas the night before christmas, how firm a foundation; trochaic: the raven, or any nursery rhyme really; dactylic: there's a really good song called "the dactyl poem" by allan wolf which is extremely helpful for dactyls. hopefully this helps someone!

[tallisegaston]

You were the first person to explain this in a way that actually made sense to me. Thank you so much

[pattiranson]

I could already hear the stresses but had no idea about those little marks in the dictionary, thank you!

[kristaloechnerbvvv]

This helped me more than you know. Or maybe you do know. That's probably why you made this video. All I know is I can't thank you enough.

[onovogoodness]

Thank You for this video, I began noticing the primary stress immediately after watching. Feels like magic

[ball_Envy]

I Never knew how to search for this and im happy i finally figured it out. Like a song that doesnt rhyme but it hits u. I saw the dramatics of it but not the cadence but now i get it. Im so happy!!!!

[haikyuunendoroid]

The best teacher can’t believe I learned in one short video rather than in class. Thank you so much

[AmeerFazal]

Love your videos. The ideas are very clear. Especially scansion.

[minitapsstudio]

Just what I really needed right now. Thank you!