Sound Devices: Alliteration and Assonance

Define alliteration.

• The repetition of vowel sounds within nearby words.

• The repetition of consonant sounds at the beginning of words.

• The use of words that imitate sounds.

• The repetition of consonant sounds within words.

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CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.RL.2.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

Which of the following lines contains an example of assonance?

• "Peter Piper picked a peck of pickled peppers."

• "The rain in Spain stays mainly in the plain."

• "She sells seashells by the seashore."

• "How much wood would a woodchuck chuck?"

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CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.RL.2.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

Analyze the sound pattern in the following sentence: "The mellow wedding bells."

• It uses alliteration with the repetition of the 'b' sound.

• It uses assonance with the repetition of the 'e' sound.

• It uses consonance with the repetition of the 'l' sound.

• It uses onomatopoeia to mimic the sound of bells.

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CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.RL.2.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

Differentiate between alliteration and assonance in the following examples: "Sally sells sea shells" and "The light of the fire is a sight."

• Both examples use alliteration.

• The first example uses assonance, and the second uses alliteration.

• The first example uses alliteration, and the second uses assonance.

• Both examples use assonance.

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CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.RL.2.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

Plan a short poem using both alliteration and assonance. Which of the following lines best demonstrates the use of both sound devices?

• "Bright stars twinkle in the night sky."

• "Lazy lizards lie in the sun."

• "The cool moon moves smoothly over the ocean."

• "The cat sat on the mat."

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CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.RL.2.4

CCSS.RL.7.4