Question

What is stress marks of patriotic

Answer 1

Definition of stress mark. : a mark used with (as by being placed before, after, or over) a written syllable in the respelling of a word to show that this syllable is to be stressed when spoken : accent mark.

Answer 2

Patriotic

Stress marks of Patriotic

• A symbol used with (as by being placed before, after, or above) a written syllable in the respelling of a word to indicate that this syllable is to be stressed when spoken: accent mark.

• When a word's pronunciation is given, a short vertical line is put before the syllable that receives the most stress or the second most stress in the word:

This word has four syllables.

1. Break patriotic down into syllables: pa-tri-ot-ic
2. Pa-tri-ot-ic is the primary syllable stress.
3. Pa-tri-ot-ic is the secondary syllable stress.