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The Long A is technically a diphthong. This means it is two vowel sounds that slide together to form one syllable. We really have 3 diphthongs that end in a long e sound as in see. We hear these in Oy/Oi, Long A and Long I as in joy, pay and tie or choice, pain and time.
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| agency | trade-off |
| claim | change |
| clarify | framework |
| share | takeaway |
| grade | takes after |
| straight ahead | wait |
| player | fail |
| range | fake |
| candidate | capable |
| maybe | naked |
| native | brainstorm |
| rain | groundbreaking |
| holiday | yesterday |
| landscape |
Words with stress on the 2nd syllable: betray, proclaim, restrain, engage, prepare, mistake, replace, remain, available, apparently, reciprocate, accelerate, campaign, away.
Words with stress on the 3rd syllable: preparation, on the same page, situation.
Words with stress on the 4th syllable: administration.
Words with stress on the 5th syllable: rationalization, generalization.
Phrase, stress rhyming words: fake it ’til you make it
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