marbles

noun
High School
1

Any of several children's games played with small balls (made of marble or more commonly glass).

2

Sanity.

3

Bits of rolled-up rubber shed by the tires of race cars that accumulate at the edges of the track, especially at the corners.

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

Consonance

Words sharing similar consonant sound patterns — adds texture and cohesion to writing