committal
/kəˈmɪtəl/noun
High School
1
The act of entrusting something to someone.
2
The act of committing someone to confinement; an order for someone's imprisonment.
3
The act of perpetrating an offence.
4
The act of committing a body to the grave at a burial or to the furnace at a cremation.
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