Assonance Consonance

A tall tree could fall hard, even with no ear near.

• alliteration

• assonance

• consonance

• simile

A blue, new moon rose high in the sky, casting a subdued hue over the school.

• consonance

• assonance

• imagery

• alliteration

What is consonance?

• The repetition of any letter sound in a line

• The repetition of words or phrases in a poem

• The repetition of vowel sounds in a line

• The repetition of consonant sounds in a line

What is assonance?

• The repetition of any letter sounds in a line

• The repetition of consonant sounds in a line

• The repetition of vowel sounds in a line

• the repetition of a word or phrase

the repetition of vowel sounds in words close together

• rhyme

• tone

• assonance

• rhythm

A type of rhyme when two or more words, close to one another, repeat the same vowel sound but start with different consonant sounds.

• Consonance

• Assonance

The repetition of vowel sounds anywhere in words (Kate stayed late at the lake).

• Assonance

• Consonance

I wish that date would fade from memory.

• assonance

• consonance

• none

• rhyme

The repetition of vowel sounds in within non-rhyming words.

• Assonance

• Rhyme Scheme

• Alliteration 

• Personification

What is consonance?

• The repetition of letters in a line of poetry

• the repetition of letter sounds in a line of poetry

• the repetition of vowel sounds in poetry

• the repetition of consonant sounds in poetry