Alliteration, Consonance, and Assonance

L.8.5 Demonstrate understanding of figurative language, word relationships, and nuances in

word meanings.

Alliteration

• Repetition of the same consonant sounds, usually at the beginning of the words

• Example: - Should the glee-glaze- - In Death’s–stiff-stare.

Alliteration

• Find the alliteration in “Sweetness, Always”

“Verses of pastry which melt into milk and sugar in the mouth.”

Alliteration

• Yay, you found the alliteration! …Hopefully

“Verses of pastry which melt into milk and sugar in the mouth.”

Assonance

• The repetition of similar vowel sounds within syllables

Example: Beware of ex/cessive assonance.

Any assonance that draws attention to itself is ex/cessive.

Assonance

• Find the Assonance in this quote from “The Flea”

“Oh stay, three lives in one flea spare, Where we almost, nay more than married are.”

Assonance

• Yay, you found it! …. Hopefully.

“Oh stay, three lives in one flea spare, Where we almost, nay more than married are.”

• No matter where the similar sounds are found, as long as they are a repetition of the same vowel sound, they count!

Assonance Vs. Rhyme Scheme• What is the difference between

Assonance and Rhyme Scheme? • Although Rhyme Scheme is also the

same sounds, in rhyming those sounds are usually found at the end of the lines of the poem.

• Assonance can be found all throughout a poem, no matter where in the line.

Consonance

• Close repetition of the same consonant sounds, preceded by different vowel sounds

• Note: At the end of lines of poetry, this produces half-rhyme.

• Example: Flash and flesh. Breed and bread.

Consonance

• Find the Consonance in Our Homemade Limerick.

“Sometimes, I wish I could wash, My reds with my whites, Josh. In a flash they’d be done, If I washed them as one, But a pink they would be make as they swish swash, swish swash.

Consonance

“Sometimes, I wish I could wash, My reds with my whites, Josh. In a flash they’d be done, If I washed them as one, But a pink they would be make as they swish swash, swish swash.

Red – Consonance

Why are these important?

• Alliteration, Assonance, and Consonance are all useful in literature because they create a general flow.

• They all add a sense of lyricism to a poem, or a song.

• Also, used in tongue twisters. Example: Sally sells sea shells by

the sea shore.