Poetry--Forms and Sound Devices

The repetition of initial (first) consonant sounds

• Alliteration

• Assonance

• Repetition

The repetition of vowel sounds

• Alliteration

• Theme

• Assonance

When the same consonant sound is used many times in a line but at ANY PART of the words.

• consonance

• rhyme

• alliteration

The use of words which imitate sound like "Boom", "Crack", etc.

• Metaphor

• Onomatopoeia

• Meter

The similarity of ending sounds existing between two words

• Rhyme

• metaphor

• Simile

the pattern of rhyme in a poem or song. Usually it’s characterized by letters (ABAB or AABB, etc.)

• rhythm

• rhyme scheme

• tone

What is repetition?

• The repetition of consonant sounds at the beginning of words

• Words or phrases that repeat

• Words that sound the same

The musical quality produced by the repetition of stressed and unstressed syllables is called

• rhyme

• rhythm

• onomatopoeia

Peter Piper picked a pack of pickled peppers. 

• repetition
• simile
• alliteration

I see the cat. I see the dog. I see the dragon. What do you see?

• rhyme

• repetition

• alliteration