breakup
/ˈbɹeɪk.ʌp/noun
Middle School
1
The act of breaking up; disintegration or division.
2
The termination of a friendship or a romantic relationship.
3
A loss of emotional control; a breakdown.
4
The season during which winter ice covering bodies of water disintegrates; more generally, spring.
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Sound Patterns & Rhymes
Rhymes
Words that share the same ending sound pattern
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