Assonance

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

Goodnight, sleep tight, don't let the bedbugs bite

• consonance

• alliteration

• assonance

• metaphor

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

Cassy happily whacked apples to Adam

• onomatopoeia

• consonance

• assonance

• imagery

I cried, why? Why my life?

• onomatopoeia

• assonance

• consonance

• imagery

The wrinkled sea beneath him crawls. . .

• assonance

• consonance

• none

• rhyme

I wish that date would fade from memory.

• assonance

• consonance

• none

• rhyme

The sleeping geese recline their heads.

• assonance

• consonance

• none

• rhyme

The stony wall enclosed the garden.

• assonance

• consonance

• none

• rhyme