The word in capital letters has the emphatic stress. Choose the options to which the given sentence relates.  My only SON speaks like an orator.

Analyze the question

In "My only SON speaks like an orator," the emphatic stress falls on SON. Emphatic stress highlights the word that answers or corrects a question. So the sentence is the answer to a question that was about son, where the asker may have wrongly assumed a different person, such as a daughter.

Concept

The stressed word is the new or contrasting information.

• Stress on SON means "son, not daughter (or someone else)."
• Stress on MY would mean "my son, not your son."
• Stress on ORATOR would contrast with another kind of speaker.
• Stress on SPEAKS would contrast with another action, such as reads.

Check the options

• A. "...speak like an illiterate?" This questions the orator part, so the stress would be on ORATOR. ✗
• B. "Does my only daughter speak like an orator?" This questions the person (daughter vs. son). The reply "My only SON speaks like an orator" corrects it. ✓
• C. "...read like an orator?" This questions the action, so the stress would be on SPEAKS. ✗
• D. "Does your only son...?" This questions the owner, so the stress would be on MY. ✗

Answer: Option B matches the stress on SON, which contrasts with "daughter."

Tip: In emphatic stress questions, find the one word that differs between the sentence and the option. That word is the one that carries the stress.