gab
/ɡæb/noun
Middle School
1
Idle chatter.
2
The mouth or gob.
3
One of the open-forked ends of rods controlling reversing in early steam engines.
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