popcorn
A snack food made from corn or maize kernels popped by dry heating.
A serving of popcorn.
A piece of popcorn.
A type of corn or maize with a hard outer hull that, along with the type of starch it contains, makes it suitable for popping.
A kind of stitch similar to a bobble.
A form of brainstorming in which participants call out their ideas immediately, instead of waiting for an assigned turn to speak.
Entertainment for observers.
A slow Belgian style of soul music popular in the early 1960s.
A Romanian style of Europop popular in the late 2000s.
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