I am not trying to get <u>the</u><u> </u><u>job</u><u> </u><u>in</u><u> </u><u>the</u><u> </u><u>right</u><u> </u><u>direction</u><u> </u><u>but</u><u> </u><u>you</u><u> </u><u>will</u><u> </u><u>see</u><u> </u><u>what</u><u> </u><u>is</u><u> </u>
The vowel sound in "rope" is a long o. Say the word aloud. The o is being pronounced how you would say it if reciting the alphabet. This means it is a long vowel. An example of a short o would be in the word "tot," since the o is pronounced "ah.".