generation

/ˌd͡ʒɛnəˈɹeɪʃən/noun
Middle School
1

The act of creating something or bringing something into being; production, creation.

2

The act of creating a living creature or organism; procreation.

3

Race, family; breed.

4

A single step or stage in the succession of natural descent; a rank or degree in genealogy, the members of a family from the same parents, considered as a single unit.

5

Descendants, progeny; offspring.

6

The average amount of time needed for children to grow up and have children of their own, generally considered to be a period of around thirty years, used as a measure of time.

7

A set stage in the development of computing or of a specific technology.

8

The formation or production of any geometrical magnitude, as a line, a surface, a solid, by the motion, in accordance with a mathematical law, of a point or a magnitude, by the motion of a point, of a surface by a line, a sphere by a semicircle, etc.

9

A group of people born in a specific range of years and whose members can relate culturally to one another.

10

A version of a form of pop culture which differs from later or earlier versions.

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

Consonance

Words sharing similar consonant sound patterns — adds texture and cohesion to writing

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