Alliteration and Assonance Review

What is alliteration?

• the repetition of a letter in a sentence
• the repetition of a letter sound in a sentence or a line in poetry
• the repetition of only vowel sounds
• a really confusing  test topic

A blue, new moon rose high in the sky, casting a subdued hue over the school.

• poetry
• assonance
• imagery
• creepy

What is an onomatopoeia?

•  word that represents a sound
• word that represents an idea
• it is a synonym for alliteration
• word that is hard to spell 

AAAAAAAH!

• onomatopoeia
• assonance
• alliteration
• imagery

The snivelling, snotty snake slunk into the slime.

• onomatopoeia
• assonance
• alliteration
• imagery

What is assonance?

• The repetition of vowel sounds in a line
• The repetition of consonant sounds in a line
• The repetition of any letter sounds in a line
• The repetetion of the repetition in a sentence

A tall tree can fall even with no ear near.

• alliteration
• assonance
• onomatopoeia
• hyperbole

Moo

• onomatopoeia
• assonance
• alliteration
• imagery

Big bumbling bumblebees rode light, lilting breezes

• alliteration
• assonance
• imagery
• onomatopoeia

Name the letter sound(s) that  are repeated in this sentence:
Big bumbling bumblebees rode light, lilting breezes.

• b and l
• b and r
• b, r, and l
• b