temperament
A person's usual manner of thinking, behaving or reacting.
A tendency to become irritable or angry.
The altering of certain intervals from their correct values in order to improve the moving from key to key.
Individual differences in behavior that are biologically based and are relatively independent of learning, system of values and attitudes.
A moderate and proportionable mixture of elements or ingredients in a compound; the condition in which elements are mixed in their proper proportions.
Any state or condition as determined by the proportion of its ingredients or the manner in which they are mixed; consistence, composition; mixture.
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