type
A grouping based on shared characteristics; a class.
An individual considered typical of its class, one regarded as typifying a certain profession, environment, etc.
An individual that represents the ideal for its class; an embodiment.
Such types collectively, or a set of type of one font or size.
Text printed with such type, or imitating its characteristics.
Something, often a specimen, selected as an objective anchor to connect a scientific name to a taxon; this need not be representative or typical.
Preferred sort of person; sort of person that one is attracted to.
A blood group.
A word that occurs in a text or corpus irrespective of how many times it occurs, as opposed to a token.
An event or person that prefigures or foreshadows a later event - commonly an Old Testament event linked to Christian times.
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