attention

/əˈtɛn.ʃn̩/noun
Elementary
1

Mental focus.

2

An action or remark expressing concern for or interest in someone or something, especially romantic interest.

3

A state of alertness in the standing position.

4

A kind of prioritisation technique in neural networks that assigns soft weights between tokens from two (or more) input sequences in order to compute the required output.

Sound Patterns & Rhymes

Alliteration

Words starting with the same consonant sound — used in poetry and prose to create rhythm, emphasis, and memorable phrasing (e.g. “Peter Piper picked”)

Assonance

Words sharing similar vowel sounds regardless of starting letter — creates internal melody in writing

Consonance

Words sharing similar consonant sound patterns — adds texture and cohesion to writing