dominance
/ˈdɒmɪnəns/noun
Middle School
1
The state of being dominant; of prime importance; supremacy.
2
Being in a position of power, authority or ascendancy over others.
3
The superior development of or preference for one side of the body or one of a pair of organs; such as being right-handed.
4
of an allele, the degree to which it expresses its phenotype when heterozygous, such as whether it is dominant or recessive.
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