Alliteration, Assonance, Onomatopoeia

Which of the following is a good definition of alliteration?

• The repetition of a letter in a line

• the repetition of a consonant sound at the beginning of words

• the repetition of only vowel sounds

• the repetition of rhyming words

Which of the following is a good definition of consonance?

• The repetition of any beginning sound in a line

• The repetition of consonant sounds within words within a line

• The repetition of vowel sounds in a line

• The repetition of words or phrases that rhyme in a poem

Which of the following is a good definition of onomatopoeia?

• A word that represents or create a sound when said aloud

• Vowel sounds in words repeated

• Consonant sounds in words repeated

• Rhyming sounds

Which of the following is a good definition for 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

• The repetition of rhyming words

Which of these lines from Edgar Allen Poe’s “The Raven” contains alliteration?

• Once upon a midnight dreary, while I pondered, weak and weary

• “’Tis some visitor,” I muttered, “tapping at my chamber door

• Quoth the Raven “Nevermore.”

Read the following line aloud. Which sound device is apparent?

A blue, new moon cast a subdued hue over the school.

• consonance

• assonance

• alliteration

• onomatopoeia

Read the following line aloud. Which sound device is apparent?

Big bumbling bumblebees rode light, lilting breezes

• alliteration

• assonance

• imagery

• onomatopoeia

Read the following line aloud. Which sound device is apparent?

A tree could really fall hard, even with no one to see or hear.

• alliteration

• assonance

• consonance

• onomatopoeia

Read the following line aloud. Which sound device is apparent?

A dove flew silently above the waves.

• assonance

• consonance

• alliteration

• onomatopoeia

Read the following line aloud. Which three sound devices are apparent?

I quietly whined, why? Why my lonely life?

(There are 3 devices.)

• onomatopoeia

• assonance

• consonance

• alliteration