In this episode of The Accent Journey, we explore post-focus compression - the tendency for speech after the main focus of a sentence to become quieter, flatter, and less prominent.

The goal isn't to make the rest of the sentence disappear. Instead, reducing the prominence of the words after the main point helps the listener understand where your attention and your message is focused.

In this episode, you'll learn:

• How to identify the main point or new information in a sentence
• How to give that word the strongest stress
• Why the words following the main point often become less prominent
• How pitch, loudness, and energy can decrease after the focus word
• How changing the focus of a sentence changes its stress pattern
• How to use  ...