consumption
/kənˈsʌmp.ʃən/noun
Middle School
1
The act of eating, drinking or using.
2
The amount consumed.
3
The act of consuming or destroying.
4
The wasting away of the human body through disease.
5
Pulmonary tuberculosis and other diseases that cause wasting away, lung infection, etc.
6
Alcoholism as it precipitates a person's death (especially of natural causes).
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
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