Galatea
/ˌɡæləˈtiːə/name
High School
1
Galatea; a woman who prayed for her daughter to be turned into a son, Leucippus.
2
Galatea; a sea-nymph in Ovid's story of Acis and Galatea.
3
Galatea; name given in the 18th century to the animated statue sculpted by Pygmalion.
4
A moon of Neptune.
5
74 Galatea, a main belt asteroid.
6
A settlement in the Bay of Plenty, New Zealand, named after HMS Galatea.
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Alliteration
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Assonance
Words sharing similar vowel sounds regardless of starting letter — creates internal melody in writing
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