Diction

– know sylabification and where the stress falls

-how many vowels does italian have and what are they

-write words in IPA- accents are given

-give quality of vowels. open or closed

-quality of vowels before and after stress

-know both of the accents 

-know dipthongs in italian

-definition of dipthong and glide

-what happens when a consanant isnt doubled

-voiced and unvoiced consanants

-stopped and continuing consanants

– know double and single s’s;

-know difference between rolled and flipped r

–? and other n sounds

1. Most common stress is on the penultimate or the next to last sylable;

2. some are at the end but always marked

3. some on the antipenultimate (3rd to last sylable) but always marked

1. Ending a sylable

2. Preceding a single consanant in the same sylable

3. Preceding a double consanants;

4. preceding a vowel

1. ending a sylable

2. preceeding a consanant in the same sylable

3. preceeding a double consanant

4. preceding a vowel

quality= open or closed

before stress all o and e’s are closed after stressed all o and e’s are open

;

if it has an accent then its a stressed vowel

/= closed

;= open