alliteration is when you use a bunch of similar consonants in a row while assonance is when you use a bunch of similar vowel sounds in a row
Don't you have a story that goes with this. I would have to read the story in order to find out the answer.
verb
1.
carry out (something) in gradual stages.
2.
PHYSICS
adjust the phase of (something), especially so as to synchronize it with something else.
noun
1.
a distinct period or stage in a series of events or a process of change or development.
2.
each of the aspects of the moon or a planet, according to the amount of its illumination, especially the new moon, the first quarter, the full moon, and the last quarter.