[ASL 123 Prosody Review

Prosody refers to the duration, intensity, location and size of a sign or sign segments.
It often provides adverbial information (very slow, bright red, walking slouched and exhausted)

Prosody also includes the non-manual grammatical markers/signals used with confirming and negating statements and various question types.

You can "shout" in ASL.  You can be sarcastic.  You can show emotion.
This information is all show with prosodic features.
 

More practice sentences:

WITHOUT PROSODY                        WITH PROSODY

"The two of them are married"        a.   affirmation
                                                                 b.  negation   
                                                                 c.  question
                                                                 d.  skeptical
                                                                 e.  shocked
                                                                 f.  delighted
                                                                 g. angry

LOOK-AT                                              a. stare at someone picking his/her nose
                                                                b. take a quick glance
                                                                c. look up and down a street with anxiety
                                                                d. examine an object carefully
                                                                e. look up to the top of the skyscraper with
                                                                                                           an aching neck
                                                                f. look at money on the street
                                                               g. look at something shiny with difficulty
                                                               h. look at your friend with skepticism
                                                                i.  look at a person with annoyance
                                                                j.  look for someone in a crowd
                                                                k. look lovingly
                                                                l.  look with curiosity
                                                               m. look with terror
                                                                n. look at someone with hatred