Question

Under a spreading chestnut tree

which syllables are unstressed?

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Reed
Say it aloud. Which syllables are stressed, which unstressed?
Katherine
UNder A SPREADing CHESTnut tree

capital letters = stressed

is this right?
Ms. Sue
Katherine is wrong.
Elena
Okay, so what I think it is is: UNder A chestNUT tree, but I'm most likely wrong
Ms. Sue
Nope.

Un DER a SPREAD . . .

Take it from there.

Elena
Un DER a SPREAD ing chest NUT tree
Reed
Nope. un DER a SPREAD ing CHEST nut TREE.

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