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Cómputo silábico: fenómenos que afectan el metro de un verso
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Note: This section of the workbook focuses on three central elements of versification: el cómputo silábico, el ritmo, and la rima. On page 126 of the text you will see verses with numbers above them. The first goal of this section is to teach you how to number the syllables of any verse. Do all of the steps in this section. As you develop syllabification and versification skills you can combine the steps, but for now it is important to perfect each one. The more you work directly with the poems, the easier the steps will become.

Task 1. Review Word Classification. In order to classify verses and later determine the rhyme scheme of the poem, you must first be able to identify the kind of word in which a verse ends, which is determined by the tonic vowel (la vocal tónica). The stressed syllable (la sílaba tónica) contains the tonic vowel and distinguishes between the word categories in Spanish. Following is an overview of how Spanish words of more than one syllable are categorized based on their tonic vowel/syllable. Make sure that you know the information in this chart.

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Task 2. Review Accentuation. To make sure you understand the difference between the word categories in Task 1, read the following classification rules. Then look carefully at each word and apply the rule you just read. If the word does not require a written accent, leave it alone; if it does require one, write the accent above the appropriate syllable.

Note: The underlined syllable is the tonic syllable of the word.

Palabra aguda: This type of word ends only in a consonant other than n or s, and the last syllable is stressed. If it does end in n, s, or any vowel, it requires a written accent on the last syllable.

1.
amo
2.
español
3.
arbol
4.
madre
5.
vivir
6.
vida
7.
lapiz
8.
manos
9.
frances
10.
amar
11.
unio
12.
mayor

Palabra llana: The stress in this type of word falls on the second-to-last syllable and requires a written accent only if the word ends in a consonant other than n or s.

13.
cantar
14.
interes
15.
reloj
16.
fingir
17.
caracter
18.
lunes
19.
imbecil
20.
acento
21.
margen
22.
versatil
23.
tunel
24.
ciudad

Palabra esdrújula o sobresdrújula: These word types always require a written accent because the stress falls on the third- or fourth-to-last syllable.

25.
escribemelo
26.
caratula
27.
estupido
28.
llevaselo
29.
figuratelo
30.
luciernaga
31.
periodico
32.
pajaro







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