playoff
noun
Elementary
1
A final game in a series needed to break a tie.
2
A short series of games to select a league champion.
3
A short series of games to select the last team to be promoted (to elevate to a higher league).
4
A short piece of underscore played during a scene transition in a stage musical, usually reprising a song from the preceding scene.
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