Snake
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Elementary
1
The sixth of the 12-year cycle of animals which appear in the Chinese zodiac related to the Chinese calendar.
2
An early computer game, later popular on mobile phones, in which the player attempts to manoeuvre a perpetually growing snake so as to collect food items and avoid colliding with walls or the snake's tail.
3
A surname.
4
A river in the northwestern United States, tributary to the Columbia.
5
Ellipsis of Snake Island.
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
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