Sound Devices

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

Tags

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

I cried, why? Why my life?

• onomatopoeia
• assonance
• consonance
• imagery

Tags

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

"Quit biting that tarp!" I told the spitting cat.

• alliteration
• assonance
• consonance
• refrain

What is consonance?

• The repetition of consonant sounds anywhere in a series of words in the same line.

• 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

Tags

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

Chilly chicken children shivered with goosebumps

• alliteration

• assonance

• consonance

• Do chickens get goosebumps or chickenbumps?

Tags

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

Onomatopoeia is...

• When words in a phrase have

  the same starting consonants.

• When words in a phrase have the same vowel sounds.

• When words in a phrase have the same ending consonants.

• A word associated with or used to represent a real sound.

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

SOUND DEVICES create a specific sound effect (harsh or pleasing) in order to emphasize the poem’s overall meaning.

• True
• False

Alliteration is...

• When words in a phrase have

  the same starting consonants.

• When words in a phrase have the same vowel sounds.

• When words in a phrase have the same ending consonants.

• A word associated with or used to represent a real sound.