alliteration,consonance and assonance

Choose the best alliteration definition:

• The repetition of vowel sounds in close proximity.
• The repetition of consonant sounds at the beginning of nearby words.
• The repetition of consonant sounds in unstressed syllables.

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CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.RL.2.4

I wish that date would fade from memory.

• assonance
• consonance
• none
• rhyme

The sleeping geese recline their heads.

• assonance
• consonance
• none
• rhyme

To sound eager is to sound phony.

• assonance
• consonance
• none
• rhyme

It bent in a slant against the weight.

• assonance
• consonance
• none
• rhyme

Big bumbling bumblebees rode light, lilting breezes

• alliteration
• assonance
• imagery
• cute

What is consonance?

• The repetition of any letter sound in a line
• The repetition of consonant sounds in a line
• The repetition of vowel sounds in a line
• The repetition of words or phrases in a poem

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
• I don't care!

Are you hungry? Let's find a cafe for ________, __________ and __________. (use alliteration)

• egg, chips and cola

• coffee, cakes and tea

• coffee, cakes and cola

• fish, chips and coffee

Among the apples the children frolicked.

• assonance
• consonance
• none
• rhyme