bourse
/bʊəs/noun
Middle School
1
A stock exchange.
2
Any place, real or imagined, where the value of a thing is settled.
3
A meeting of stamp collectors and/or dealers, where stamps and covers are sold or exchanged.
4
The swollen basal part of an inflorescence axis at the onset of fruit development; it bears leaves whose axillary buds differentiate and may grow out as shoots.
Sound Patterns & Rhymes
Rhymes
Words that share the same ending sound pattern
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