Sound Devices in Poetry

What is alliteration?

• The repetition of consonant sounds anywhere in a series of words
• the repetition of the first consonant sounds in a series of words
• the repetition of vowel sounds in a series of words
• the repetition of lines or groups of lines in a poem or song

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CCSS.L.8.5A

CCSS.RL.8.4

What is assonance?

• The repetition of consonant sounds anywhere in a series of words
• the repetition of the first consonant sounds in a series of words
• the repetition of vowel sounds in a series of words
• the repetition of lines or groups of lines in a poem or song

Why might alliteration be used?

• it sounds fun
• it makes the content memorable
• it plays to the brain's natural pattern-seeking strengths
• all of the above

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CCSS.L.6.5A

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.W.6.3D

I balked when I saw the tall cop in the hall; I knew he was looking for you.

• alliteration
• assonance
• consonance
• What did you do this time?!

Poetry usually has a regular beat.  This beat is called the…

• rhythm
• alliteration
• assonance
• consonance

The repetition of identical sounds at the ENDS of lines of poetry.

• end rhyme
• internal rhyme
• onomatopoeia
• consonance

The repetition of identical sounds WITHIN a line of poetry.

• internal rhyme
• end rhyme
• alliteration
• assonance

REPETITION is the repeating of a sound, word, phrase in a given literary work.

• True
• False

The use of words whose sounds suggest the sounds made by objects or activities.

• onomatopoeia
• consonance
• end rhyme
• internal rhyme

Ring! Ring! is an example of...

• rhyme
• alliteration
• onomatopoeia
• personification