cog
/kɒɡ/noun
Middle School
1
A tooth on a gear.
2
A gear; especially, a cogwheel.
3
An unimportant individual in a greater system.
4
A projection or tenon at the end of a beam designed to fit into a matching opening of another piece of wood to form a joint.
5
One of the rough pillars of stone or coal left to support the roof of a mine.
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