When the voice, instead of either rising or falling, continues during the utterance of several words in the same tone, it is called a monotone. That falling of the tone which usually takes place at the end of a sentence or paragraph is termed a cadence.
The voice sometimes rises and falls, or falls and rises, on the same word or syllable. This is called a circumflex.
The inflections are generally marked thus:
| Rising Inflection, | (ˊ) |
| Falling Inflection, | (ˋ) |
| Cadence, | (ˋ) |
| Circumflex, | (ˇ) |
The following rules will assist the learner in determining the inflections. They are as few and as simple as possible, and can be understood with very little effort, particularly by the aid of a competent teacher.
I. Whenever the voice must be suspended without the sense being complete, the rising inflection should be used.
EXAMPLES.
1. No man can rise above the infirmities of naˊture, unless he is assisˊted by God.ˋ
2. To acquire knowˊledge is the duty of man.