Sentence stress is where we pronounce some words more strongly than others when we want to emphasize a particular point. We do this by either pausing before the word we want to emphasize or we say it louder or at a different pitch. Sentence stress is what gives English its rhythm or beat. Pay attention that sentence stress is different from word stress which is accent on one syllable within a word. Sentence stress is, in fact, accent on certain words within a sentence. Now, let’s figure out how it works.