words that are pronounced differently, they have  different meanings but they are spelled exactly  

the same way. Yes that is very confusing.  I just teach it, I don't make the rules.  

Our words today are rebel um which is a  resistor; and rebel which means to resist.

We have some variations today. I'm going to start  with just the basics and then we'll talk about the  

differences. Okay, so a good rule to know is  often times when you have a heteronym that is  

a noun and a verb we oftentimes stress syllable  number one for the noun and syllable number two  

for the verb. What does that mean? That means  that the stressed syllable is louder, the vowel is  

longer, and it is higher in pitch. The unstressed  syllable then needs to be softer, shorter vowel,  

and lower in pitch. All right! So to say the word  rebel, we are going to start with that r sound  

er. To do this, tip of the tongue is down or  flipped back, the back of the tongue is always  

pulled high up and tense. Think about having  square tense lips. You don't want to have  

your lips too relaxed or too puckered for this  sound. Next you're going to add that short eh  

sound. You can see my mouth is slightly open you  can see the tip of my tongue just between my top  

and bottom teeth. My tongue is a bit relaxed in my  mouth. eh. And it's just there it's kind of like a  

cup in the middle of my tongue and it is just  relaxed and there it's not touching my teeth. 

eh eh eh You can see my cheeks are relaxed and my  

lips are relaxed as well. Next we're going to end  with bull. To do this lips together for that b,  

they open, air puffs out, voice box is on and  moving. I'm writing this as bull like the animal  

because this helps a lot of my students. So  to do that we're going to move from that b  

and then we're going to add that ul this is  actually just me moving my tongue from the bottom  

of my mouth to the back of my top front teeth bull bull bull 

rebel rebel rebel rebel rebel rebel

Now for rebel we are going to start with  re. And to do this you know how to do the r.  

Then we're going to add that long e. High flat  tongue, cheeks are tense, your lips are tense.  

You're smiling e ree. Then we're gonna end  with bell like you ring the dinner bell.  

Do this start with that b b. Add that short eh  sound. Again, mouth is slightly open, relaxed  

tongue is just peeking out between the bottom and  the top teeth, and then touch the teeth for that  

l. To be super specific that spot where your  teeth meet the skin on the roof of your mouth.

rebel rebel rebel

Let's talk about stress. We're  going to stress syllable number one  

in rebel and syllable number two in rebel.

rebel rebel

You have some variations here. You might hear  this word differently instead of hearing that  

bull some people do hear belle that's okay. The  important thing here is is that you're stressing  

syllable number one rebel rebel rebel.

I do hear some people and I actually  do this when I'm not stressing a word  

in a sentence I will say rebel with  that short i sound. rebel rebel rebel

So you can say rebel or rebel. Either is  fine. So let's try these words together: 

rebel rebel rebel rebel rebel rebel

And now for a sentence: The rebel will rebel  against his comrades. That's kind of scandalous!

Give it a try I know people are going to notice  the difference. If you found this helpful,  

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