brittle
Inflexible; liable to break, snap, or shatter easily under stress, pressure, or impact.
Not physically tough or tenacious; apt to break or crumble when bending.
Tending to fracture in a conchoidal way; capable of being knapped or flaked.
Emotionally fragile, easily offended.
Poorly error- or fault-tolerant; having little in the way of redundancy or defense in depth; susceptible to catastrophic failure in the event of a relatively-minor malfunction or deviance.
Characterized by dramatic swings in blood sugar level.
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