How many syllables in even
How many syllables in even?
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936214785 syllables
Divide even into syllables: e-ven
Stressed syllable in even: e-ven
How to pronounce even: ee-vun
How to say even: even syllables
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Six Syllable Types | Reading Rockets
By: Louisa Moats, Carol Tolman
Six written syllable-spelling conventions are used in English spelling. These were regularized by Noah Webster to justify his 1806 dictionary's division of syllables. The conventions are useful to teach because they help students remember when to double letters in spelling and how to pronounce the vowels in new words.
The conventions also help teachers organize decoding and spelling instruction.
Warm-up: Why double?
Read this fascinating tale. As you read, underline words in which there are two or more consonants between the first and second syllables.
Thunker's pet cats, Pete and Kate, enjoyed dining on dinner. They were fated to fatness. The pet Pete, who was cuter than Kate, was a cutter cat with sharp claws and teeth, scary scars, and one jagged ear.
Pete was ripping up ripening apples and biting bitter strips of striped bug bits as he stared into the starry night. The cat Kate was not as scared or scarred. Kate liked licking slimy slops that slopped from a bucket, sitting at a site that sloped and caused the slop to slide. Kate liked sitting at the site where the slops slid.
— Created by Bruce Rosow (Moats & Rosow, 2003)
What do you notice about the vowel sounds that come before the doubled consonants?
Why teach syllables?
Without a strategy for chunking longer words into manageable parts, students may look at a longer word and simply resort to guessing what it is — or altogether skipping it.
Familiarity with syllable-spelling conventions helps readers know whether a vowel is long, short, a diphthong, r-controlled, or whether endings have been added. Familiarity with syllable patterns helps students to read longer words accurately and fluently and to solve spelling problems — although knowledge of syllables alone is not sufficient for being a good speller.
Spoken and written syllables are different
Say these word pairs aloud and listen to where the syllable breaks occur:
bridle – riddle table – tatter even – ever
Spoken syllables are organized around a vowel sound. Each word above has two syllables. The jaw drops open when a vowel in a syllable is spoken. Syllables can be counted by putting your hand under your chin and feeling the number of times the jaw drops for a vowel sound.
Spoken syllable divisions often do not coincide with or give the rationale for the conventions of written syllables.
In the first word pair above, you may naturally divide the spoken syllables of bridle between bri and dle and the spoken syllables of riddle between ri and ddle. Nevertheless, the syllable rid is "closed" because it has a short vowel; therefore, it must end with consonant. The first syllable bri is "open," because the syllable ends with a long vowel sound. The result of the syllable-combining process leaves a double d in riddle (a closed syllable plus consonant-le) but not in bridle (open syllable plus consonant-le). These spelling conventions are among many that were invented to help readers decide how to pronounce and spell a printed word.
The hourglass illustrates the chronology or sequence in which students learn about both spoken and written syllables. Segmenting and blending spoken syllables is an early phonological awareness skill; reading syllable patterns is a more advanced decoding skill, reliant on student mastery of phoneme awareness and phoneme-grapheme correspondences.
Figure 5.1. Hourglass Depiction of the Relationship Between Awareness in Oral Language and Written Syllable Decoding
(Contributed by Carol Tolman, and used with permission.)
Click to see full image
Closed syllables
The closed syllable is the most common spelling unit in English; it accounts for just under 50 percent of the syllables in running text. When the vowel of a syllable is short, the syllable will be closed off by one or more consonants. Therefore, if a closed syllable is connected to another syllable that begins with a consonant, two consonant letters will come between the syllables (com-mon, but-ter).
Two or more consonant letters often follow short vowels in closed syllables (dodge, stretch, back, stuff, doll, mess, jazz). This is a spelling convention; the extra letters do not represent extra sounds. Each of these example words has only one consonant phoneme at the end of the word. The letters give the short vowel extra protection against the unwanted influence of vowel suffixes (backing; stuffed; messy).
Vowel-Consonant-e (VCe) syllables
Also known as "magic e" syllable patterns, VCe syllables contain long vowels spelled with a single letter, followed by a single consonant, and a silent e. Examples of VCe syllables are found in wake, whale, while, yoke, yore, rude, and hare. Every long vowel can be spelled with a VCe pattern, although spelling "long e" with VCe is unusual.
Open syllables
If a syllable is open, it will end with a long vowel sound spelled with one vowel letter; there will be no consonant to close it and protect the vowel (to-tal, ri-val, bi-ble, mo-tor). Therefore, when syllables are combined, there will be no doubled consonant between an open syllable and one that follows.
A few single-syllable words in English are also open syllables. They include me, she, he and no, so, go.
In Romance languages — especially Spanish, Portuguese, and Italian — open syllables predominate.
Vowel team syllables
A vowel team may be two, three, or four letters; thus, the term vowel digraph is not used. A vowel team can represent a long, short, or diphthong vowel sound. Vowel teams occur most often in old Anglo-Saxon words whose pronunciations have changed over hundreds of years. They must be learned gradually through word sorting and systematic practice. Examples of vowel teams are found in thief, boil, hay, suit, boat, and straw.
Sometimes, consonant letters are used in vowel teams. The letter y is found in ey, ay, oy, and uy, and the letter w is found in ew, aw, and ow. It is not accurate to say that "w can be a vowel," because the letter is working as part of a vowel team to represent a single vowel sound. Other vowel teams that use consonant letters are -augh, -ough, -igh, and the silent -al spelling for /aw/, as in walk.
Vowel-r syllables
We have chosen the term "vowel-r" over "r-controlled" because the sequence of letters in this type of syllable is a vowel followed by r (er, ir, ur, ar, or).
Vowel-r syllables are numerous, variable, and difficult for students to master; they require continuous review. The /r/ phoneme is elusive for students whose phonological awareness is underdeveloped. Examples of vowel-r syllables are found in perform, ardor, mirror, further, worth, and wart.
Consonant-le (C-le) syllables
Also known as the stable final syllable, C-le combinations are found only at the ends of words. If a C-le syllable is combined with an open syllable — as in cable, bugle, or title — there is no doubled consonant. If one is combined with a closed syllable — as in dabble, topple, or little — a double consonant results.
Not every consonant is found in a C-le syllable. These are the ones that are used in English:
| -ble (bubble) | -fle (rifle) | -stle (whistle) | -cle (cycle) |
| -gle (bugle) | -tle (whittle) | -ckle (trickle) | -kle (tinkle) |
| -zle (puzzle) | -dle (riddle) | -ple (quadruple) |
Simple and complex syllables
Closed, open, vowel team, vowel-r, and VCe syllables can be either simple or complex.
A complex syllable is any syllable containing a consonant cluster (i.e., a sequence of two or three consonant phonemes) spelled with a consonant blend before and/or after the vowel. Simple syllables have no consonant clusters.
| Simple | Complex |
|---|---|
| late | plate |
| sack | stack |
| rick | shrink |
| tee | tree |
| bide | blind |
Complex syllables are more difficult for students than simple syllables. Introduce complex syllables after students can handle simple syllables.
Table 5.1. Summary of Six Types of Syllables in English Orthography
| Syllable Type | Examples | Definition |
|---|---|---|
| Closed | dap-ple hos-tel bev-er-age | A syllable with a short vowel, spelled with a single vowel letter ending in one or more consonants. |
| Vowel-Consonant-e (VCe) | com-pete des-pite | A syllable with a long vowel, spelled with one vowel + one consonant + silent e. |
| Open | pro-gram ta-ble re-cent | A syllable that ends with a long vowel sound, spelled with a single vowel letter. |
| Vowel Team (including diphthongs) | aw-ful train-er con-geal spoil-age | Syllables with long or short vowel spellings that use two to four letters to spell the vowel. Diphthongs ou/ow and oi/oy are included in this category. |
| Vowel-r (r-controlled) | in-jur-i-ous con-sort char-ter | A syllable with er, ir, or, ar, or ur. Vowel pronunciation often changes before /r/. |
| Consonant-le (C-le) | drib-ble bea-gle lit-tle | An unaccented final syllable that contains a consonant before /l/, followed by a silent e. |
| Leftovers: Odd and Schwa syllables | dam-age act-ive na-tion | Usually final, unaccented syllables with odd spellings. |
Trochee, iambic, anapaest, amphibrach, dactyl. Examples. How to determine and learn the poetic size?
Poetic meter
The meter is the order (rule) of alternating stressed and unstressed syllables.
The size is usually defined as a sequence of several feet.
Poetic meters are never performed exactly in a poem, and there are often deviations from the given scheme.
The omission of stress, that is, the replacement of a stressed syllable by an unstressed one, is called pyrrhic , while the replacement of an unstressed syllable with a stressed one is called sponde .
Syllabo-tonic meters
In Russian syllabo-tonic versification
five feet:
- Khorei
- Yamb
- Dactyl
- Amphibrachium
- Anapaest
Poetic measurements (in the syllabic-tonic system of versification)
Symbols
___/ - stressed syllable
___ - unstressed syllable
- Two-syllable meter: __/__ - foot Chorea
Khorei - Two-syllable metre, in which
the stressed syllable is in the first place , the second is unstressed.To remember:
Clouds are rushing, clouds are winding,
__ __/ - foot Yamba
On polecats they flyIambic - TWO-syllable meter in which
the first syllable is unstressed , the second is stressed.
- Trisyllabic meter: __/__ __ - foot Dactyl
Dactyl is a three-syllable meter in which
the first syllable is stressed , the rest are unstressed.To remember:
Dug dactyl deep hole
__ __/__ - foot AmphibrachAmphibrach - Three-syllable meter in which
__ __ __/ - foot Anapesta
the second syllable is stressed , the rest are unstressed.Anapaest - Three-syllable meter in which
the third syllable is stressed , the rest are unstressed.To memorize names
Three-syllable sizespoems, you need to learn
the word DAMA .
Lady deciphens as follows:
D - D Actil - Stress to the first syllable,
AM - AM Fibrahii - Hasis on the second syllable,
A - A stress stress on the third syllable.To memorize ALL poetic meters you need to learn stresses in five variants
named after Ivan:- Va-nya - trochee (2 syllables, the first is stressed)
- I-van - iambic (2 syllables, second stressed)
- Va-ne-chka - dactyl (3 syllables, first stressed)
- Wa-nu-sha - amphibrach (3 syllables, second stressed)
- I-o-ann - anapaest (3 syllables, third stressed)
- Va-nya - trochee (2 syllables, the first is stressed)
Examples
| Examples of poems | Poetic meter |
Example of a four-foot trochaic: The storm covers the sky with darkness | Chorey __/__ |
Example of a four-foot trochaic: I came to you with greetings | Chorey __/__ |
Example trochaic pentameter: I go out alone on the road; | Chorey __/__ |
Example of trimeter trochaic: The swallows are gone | Chorey __/__ |
Example iambic tetrameter: My uncle of the most honest rules, | Yamb __ __/ |
Example iambic tetrameter: I remember a wonderful moment | Yamb __ __/ |
Example iambic pentameter: Together we are dressed to know the city, | Yamb __ __/ |
Example iambic pentameter: You will be sad when the poet dies, | Yamb __ __/ |
Example of a trimeter dactyl: Whoever calls - I do not want | Dactyl __/__ __ |
Example four-foot dactyl: Heavenly clouds, eternal wanderers! | Dactyl __/__ __ |
Example of a four-foot dactyl: Glorious autumn! Healthy, vigorous | Dactyl __/__ __ |
Example trimeter amphibrach: It is not the wind that rages over the forest, | Amphibrachium __ __/__ |
Example tetrameter amphibrach: Dearer than the fatherland - did not know anything | Amphibrachium __ __/__ |
Example trimeter amphibrach: There are women in Russian villages | Amphibrachium __ __/__ |
Example trimeter amphibrach: In the midst of a noisy ball, by chance, | Amphibrachium __ __/__ |
Example of a three-foot anapaest: Oh, spring without end and without edge - | Anapaest __ __ __/ |
Example of a three-foot anapaest: There are in your secret melodies | Anapaest __ __ __/ |
Example of a three-foot anapaest: I will disappear from melancholy and laziness, | Anapaest __ __ __/ |
| Example (different size) alternately: dactyl, amphibrach and anapaest: Not complicated at all |
Dactyl __/__ __ Amphibrachium __ __/__ Anapaest __ __ __/ |
Poetic measurementstrochee, iambic, dactyl, amphibrach, anapaest See: other Examples of poems | |
S. Pushkin) 
S. Pushkin) 
.. 
Blok) 
Block) 
V. Onufriev)
How to determine the meter?
- Determine the number of syllables in a line. To do this, underline all vowels.
- We pronounce the line in a singsong voice and place the stresses.
- Check how many syllables the stress repeats:
a) if the stress is repeated every 2 syllables, this is a two-syllable size: trochee or iambic; b) if repeated every 3 syllables, this is a three-syllable meter: dactyl, amphibrach or anapaest.- We combine syllables in a line into stops (two or three syllables each) and determine the size of the poem.
(For example: trochaic tetrameter or iambic pentameter, etc.)
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Learning to determine poetic meters
Many changes have taken place in Russian versification over the past century and a half. This applies to both form and content.
The changes also affected the system of versification itself. The syllabo-tonic foundations were shaken. Dolniki, tactician, accent verse are gaining popularity. But the classical poetic meters are still relevant. Two disyllabic (iambic and trochee) and three trisyllabic (dactyl, amphibrach and anapaest) are most commonly used. This is difficult, since there are few two-syllable and three-syllable words in Russian, and the stress is unstable and mobile. Poets have to either add spondeian, pyrrhic, tribrachic, etc. feet by changing the meter, or adapt to the meter using additional stresses or inversion.
Foot
You all know your shoe size. That is the size of the foot. Poems (poetic lines) also have their own stops - repeating groups of syllables. In the syllabic-tonic system, stressed and unstressed syllables are taken into account. Stressed syllables in a two-syllable or three-syllable foot are repeated after a certain number of unstressed ones.
Here are examples of poetic lines that are quite difficult to find in real practice.
In the disyllabic words of the first two lines, the stress falls either on the first syllable (this is a trochee) or on the second (this is an iambic)
The wound splatters with blood from the sun – CHOREI (–V/–V/–V/–V)
I stand alone in the empty forest – YaMB (V–/ V–/ V–/ V–) ), on the third syllable (anapaest).
Sounding lake snaps its fingers – DACTYLE (–VV/–VV/–VV/–VV)
Clinging to life with hands and feet – AMPHIBRACHIUS (V–V/V–V/V–V/V–)
Helped to endure the hurricane – ANAPEST (VV–/ VV–/ VV–)
As mentioned above, there are few disyllabic and trisyllabic words in the Russian language and the stress is mobile, so in poetry one has to deal with more complex cases.
Numbering the syllables
A simple job can be done to determine the size.
Number the syllables in several lines (starting from one). For example, like this:
A lonely sail turns white
In the blue mist of the sea.
123 45 6789
12 3 4 5 678
Make a larger space between the syllables of the new word, and highlight the stressed syllable.
The stress falls on even syllables. Not at all, as we can see: the sixth syllable is unstressed. The main thing is that only on even numbers. This is iambic. But the first word of the line is three-syllable, the second is two-syllable, and the third has three or even four syllables. In the last word, a second, additional stress appears. We hardly hear it, but it's still there.
Here are more examples of iambic. By the way, this is the most popular size in Russian verse.
I remember a wonderful moment ... (1 2 3 4 56 78 9)
About the valor, about the exploits, about glory .
.. (1 2 34 5 678 9 1011
In the Pushkin line, the stress is not only on the same ", but also on the first, odd syllable. But what to do? What to do with numerous monosyllabic words? It seems to be a pronoun, not a preposition or conjunction: the stress must be obligatory. There must be, but weak. The main thing is on the next word: "I remember."
The example from the Block is generally not easy, at first glance. However, it is necessary to attach the preposition "about", as it should be, to the subsequent noun, as the size is easily determined. Stress only on even syllables. This is iambic.
Remember!
Iambic - stress on even syllables only
Trochee - stress on odd syllables only
Let's practice some more?
Whispering, timid breathing… (12 345 678)
Fet, as we can see, has a polecat. Like Pushkin:
A storm covers the sky with darkness.
.. And the words are two-syllable. But it also happens differently.
Heavenly clouds, eternal countries Nicky ... (12 3456 789 101112)
As the eternal Oleg ... (1 23 4567 89 1011)
at the head of it is not a widespread ... (1 23 4 56 7 89)
In the lines of Lermontov, Pushkin and Fet, the stress is either on even or odd syllables. You can, of course, remember:
Dactyl - stress on the first, fourth, seventh, tenth syllable
Amphibrach - stress on the second, fifth, eighth, eleventh syllable
Anapaest - stress on the third, ninth syllables
But it is easy to make a mistake. The main thing is that even and odd syllables with stresses necessarily alternate in three-syllable sizes.
So, the first one.
We number the syllables, put stresses. In this way, we distinguish iambic, trochee and three-syllable sizes from each other.
How to distinguish three-compound feet?
By numbering, we can distinguish two-syllable and three-syllable sizes from each other. Three-syllable ones are more difficult. One thing pleases: they are not so common.
Method one - substitution.
Imagine how the foot looks like
- dactyl:
VV (percussion and two unaccented)
– amphibrach:
V–V (unstressed, percussive, unstressed)
– anapaest:
VV– (two unstressed and percussive)
Use your own techniques to memorize. For example, the similarity of chorea and dactyl, iambic and amphibrach, helps me. Anapaest is similar to an inverted dactyl.
Having memorized what this or that foot looks like, try to substitute it. For example, in the lines of Lermontov, Pushkin and Fet (see above).
Test yourself:
- Dactyl
1 2 34 56 78 1213
Stress on even syllables is iambic.
