Examine the theme.
The theme of the story sets a significant element which where the characters and settings surround at. In order to capture the details, it is vital to understand the main idea, the bottom line. It is only in this discourse that we will have that answer of the detail.
This may not be helpful but what my teacher taught me years ago was to put your hand under your chin and say the word and every time your chin went down was a stress mark or syllable.
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