Well, it's that time of the week again! (NaNoWriMo update: 9,501 words!)
How you say it: [pros-uh-dee]
What it is: noun, cannot be pluralized.
What
it means:
1.) the science or study of poetic meters and versification. 2.) a particular
or distinctive system of metrics and versification; Milton's prosody. 3.) Linguistics.
the stress and intonation patterns of an utterance. (Definition courtesy of Dictionary.com)
Use it three times and it's yours! Using a word three times can help you remember it.
A high
score in a poetry class depends on a solid understanding of prosody.
The poems of
Dr. Suess and Ogden Nash have a somewhat similar prosody.
When the stranger spoke, his prosody made it seem as though he had
never heard another person speak before.
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