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Sound Devices

Alliteration, Assonance and Onomatopoeia

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What is the repetition of the same consonant sounds initially - at the beginning of words (ragged rascal) or internally - inside the words (assist your sister across the asphalt)? Alliteration
What is the repetition of similar vowel sounds both initially (I saw an island of ice) or internally, (as in the tongue twister - Moses supposes his toeses are roses)? Key point - this device does not rhyme. Assonance
What is the use of words that sound like their meaning, or mimic sounds? They add a level of fun and reality to writing. Examples are: - the burning wood hissed and crackled Onomatopoeia
The big bad bear attacked all the little bunnies in the forest. Alliteration
Three grey geese in a green field grazing. Grey were the geese and green was the grazing. - Three Grey Geese by Mother Goose Alliteration
Great Aunt Nellie and Brent Bernard who watch with wild wonder at the wide window as the beautiful birds begin to bite into the bountiful birdseed. - Thank-You for the Thistle by Dorie Thurston Alliteration
Krispy Kreme Alliteration
Fred Flintstone Alliteration
The light of the fire is a sight. (repetition of the long i sound) Assonance
Go slow over the road. (repetition of the long o sound) Assonance
The only other sound’s the sweep Of easy wind and downy flake. The woods are lovely, dark and deep. Assonance
“Poetry is old, ancient, goes back far. It is among the oldest of living things. So old it is that no man knows how and why the first poems came.” Assonance
Kerplunk Onomatopoeia
Thwack Onomatopoeia
From the jingling and the tinkling of the bells. "The Bells" by Edgar Allan Poe Onomatopoeia
Over the cobbles he clattered and clashed in the dark inn-yard, / He tapped with his whip on the shutters, "The Highwayman" by Alfred Noyes Onomatopoeia
It hushes / It shushes (1-2); It flitter-twitters (4); and whitely whirs away (7) "Cynthia in the Snow" by Gwendolyn Brooks Onomatopoeia
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