Stressed syllables are said with more force than unstressed syllables. The stressed syllables of the following words are underlined: fa ther; mo ther; hos pital; per miss ion; in vas ive; ce leb rity; cel ebrate; con crete ; abso lute ly; ration ale ; ra tional; char acter; character is tic. Note that these are words in isolation, while in normal speech there are some slight changes possible due to emphasis.
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