reception

/ɹɪˈsɛp.ʃn̩/noun
Middle School
1

The act of receiving.

2

The act or ability to receive radio or similar signals.

3

A social engagement, usually to formally welcome someone.

4

A reaction; the treatment received on first talking to a person, arriving at a place, etc.

5

The desk of a hotel or office where guests are received.

6

The school year, or part thereof, between preschool and Year 1, when children are introduced to formal education.

7

The conscious adoption or transplantation of legal phenomena from a different culture.

8

The act of catching a pass.

9

Reading viewed as the active process of receiving a text in any medium (written, spoken, signed, multimodal, nonverbal), consisting of several steps, such as ideation, comprehension, reconstruction, interpretation.

Thesaurus

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

Consonance

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