rookie
/ˈɹʊki/noun
Middle School
1
An inexperienced recruit, especially in the police or armed forces.
2
A novice.
3
An athlete either new to the sport or to a team or in his/her first year of professional competition, especially said of baseball, basketball, hockey and American football players.
4
A type of firecracker, used by farmers to scare rooks.
Thesaurus
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