Mammoth Memory

Trochaic

(pronounced trock-ay-ick)

Trochaic is a foot with a long syllable followed by a short syllable (the reverse of iambic).

Trochaic – LS

Trochaic is a foot with a long syllable followed by a short syllable

They gave her a truck cake (trochaic) with a Light Sabre (LS) for her birthday. Her two favourite things were trucks and light sabres.

Example words include:

 

  Long   Short

  Happ      y     (happy)

 

  Long    Short

  Doub     le      (double)

 

  Long    Short

 Laugh     ter     (laughter)

 

 Long     Short

   Cir        cuit     (circuit)

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