stager
noun
Middle School
1
An actor on the stage.
2
One who stages a theatrical performance.
3
One who has long acted on the stage of life; a practitioner; a person of experience, or of skill derived from long experience.
4
A horse used in drawing a stagecoach.
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