rustic
/ˈɹʌstɪk/adj
Middle School
1
Country-styled or pastoral; rural.
2
Unfinished or roughly finished.
3
Crude, rough.
4
Simple; artless; unaffected.
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