vernacular
/vəˈnækjələ/noun
High School
1
The language of a people or a national language.
2
Everyday speech or dialect, including colloquialisms, as opposed to standard, literary, liturgical, or scientific idiom.
3
Language unique to a particular group of people.
4
A language lacking standardization or a written form.
5
Indigenous spoken language, as distinct from a literary or liturgical language such as Ecclesiastical Latin.
6
A style of architecture involving local building materials and styles; not imported.
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