Sound Devices

Repetition of the same consonant sounds at the beginning of nearby words.

• Alliteration
• Assonance
• Consonance
• Euphony

Repetition of internal vowel sounds in nearby words that do not end the same.

• Assonance
• Consonance
• Euphony
• Onomatopoeia

An identical consonance sound preceded by a different vowel sound 

• Consonance
• Alliteration
• Cacophony
• Assonance

Use a word that resembles the sound it denotes

• Onomatopoeia
• Cacaphony
• Euphony
• Alliteraton

the repeated consonant sounds at the beginnings of words
(breeze blew briskly)

• alliteration
• consonance
• assonance
• onomatopoeia

sounds that imitate meanings
(pop, fizz, hiss)

• alliteration
• consonance
• assonance
• onomatopoeia

repeated consonant sounds at the ends of words
On the top of the step he will tip his cap.

• alliteration
• consonance
• assonance
• onomatopoeia

repeated vowel sounds
They roam the lonesome roads and never go home.

• alliteration
• consonance
• assonance
• onomatopoeia

Which of the following pairs is an example of onomatopoeia?

• gurgle and babble
• flow and flower
• serve and protect

Which of the following word pairs is an example of alliteration?

• claws and paws
• head and heart
• ram and jam