Sound Devices: Alliteration, Assonance, Consonance, and Onomatopoeia

the repetition of the initial consonant sound in two or more neighboring words or syllables

• onomatopoeia
• consonance
• assonance
• alliteration

Fleet feet sweep by sleeping geese is an example of ________________.

• assonance

• hyperbole

• metaphor

• simile

Boom! 
Woof.
Crash!
Splash.
Oink
are all examples of _________

• personification
• simile
• onomatopoeia
• assonance

Definition:
The repetition of consonant sounds in the beginning of words. 

• Alliteration
• Symbol
• Assonance
• Rhythm

Definition:
The use of words that imitate sounds

• Simile
• Imagery
• Onomatopoeia 
• Repetition 

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.L.7.5

CCSS.L.8.5

Definition:
The repetition of similar consonant sounds in a series of words

• Consonance
• Repetition
• Symbol 
• Rhyme

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.RL.2.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

Definition:

The repetition of similar or the same sounds at the ends of words

• Personification

• Repetition

• Rhyme

• Hyperbole

Definition:
The repetition of vowel sounds in a series of words

• Imagery
• Assonance 
• Rhythm 
• Symbol 

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.RL.2.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

Definition:
Language that appeals to the five senses---touch, taste, smell, hearing, and sight

• Imagery 
• Simile 
• Symbol
• Onomatopoeia 

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.L.7.5

CCSS.L.8.5

What type of device is the following example?

The rain in Spain stays mainly on the plain.

• Rhythm

• Consonance

• Assonance

• Repetition