AND PUNCTUATION.

1. _Why is a word divided into syllables?_
For the purpose of showing their proper pronunciation and
etymological composition.

2. _What is Accent?_
A greater stress of voice placed on one syllable of a word than
the others.

3. _What kind of words have no accent?_
Monosyllables.

4. _Why?_
Accent implies comparison, and there can be no comparison with one
syllable.

5. _How many kinds of accent?_
Common, Emphatic, and Discriminating.

6. _What is common accent?_
Ordinary accent of spelling.

7. _How many kinds of common accent?_
Two.

8. _What are they?_
Primary and secondary.

9. _What is primary accent?_
The principal accent.

10. _What is secondary accent?_
The partial accent.

11. _What kind of accent is essential to every word of more than
one syllable?_
Primary.

12. _How close can primary and secondary accent come together?_
Not closer than two syllables.

13. _How many primary accents can one word have?_
Only one.

14. _How many secondary accents can a word have?_
Two.

15. _In case of two secondary accents, where are they placed?_
On the first and third.

16. _In case of two secondary, where is the primary accent?_
On the last but two.

17. _Do the primary and secondary ever change places?_
They do.

18. _In words of two syllables, where is the accent?_
Usually on the first.

19. _In trisyllables, what syllable is accented?_
Usually the first.

20. _Are there any exceptions?_
There are.

21. _In polysyllables, where is the accent?_
On the antepenult usually.

22. _In all words ending in ation, where is the accent?_
On the syllable next to the last.

23. _What is Emphatic accent?_
Accent used for emphatic distinction.

24. _Have monosyllables any accent?_
They have sometimes an emphatic, or poetic.

25. _What is Discriminating accent?_
That used to determine parts of speech.

26, _Give some examples._
Au'gust, Au-gust'; Reb'el, Re-bel'.

27, _What is Punctuation?_
The use of certain characters to aid the reader in determining the
thought of the writer.

28. _How many kinds of punctuation are there?_
Four.

29. _What are they?_
Rhetorical, Etymological, for Reference, and for the Printer.

30. _What is Rhetorical punctuation?_
That used for rhetorical effect.

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