Transcript Alliteration, Consonance and Assonance

Sound Devices
Alliteration
• The repetition of beginning consonant
sounds in neighboring word
– Tongue twisters are an extreme example.
• She sells sea shells down by the sea
shore.
• Peter piper picked a peck of pickled
peppers.
Alliteration Examples
• “It was the wicked and wild wind; Blew
down the doors to let me in” - Coldplay
• “Karma, Karma, Karma Chameleon, you
come and go” – Culture Club
• “Better be a better boy before you bother
betting you’ll bring her back home again”Mick Terry
Consonance
• Consonance- the repetition of middle or
consonant sounds in neighboring words
Doug ate twelve cakes and now seems to
have a stomach issues.
Assonance
• The repetition of vowel sounds in
neighboring words
Ted and Katie went to see a tree being
planted on the first day of spring.
Assonance Examples
• “You better lose yourself in the music, the
moment; You own it, you better never let it go
You only get one shot, do not miss your chance
to blow; This opportunity comes once in a
lifetime”- Eminem
• “You see these shackles baby, I’m your slave” –
Justin Timberlake
• “Whisper words of wisdom, let it be” - Beatles
Consonance and Assonance
Examples
• “I’d like to make myself believe, that planet
Earth turns slowly” – Owl City
• “I’ve got sunshine on a cloudy day; When
it’s cold outside, I’ve got the month of May”
– The Temptations
• “In a second you’ll be wrapped around my
finger, cause I can, cause I can do it
better”- Avril Lavigne
Onomatopoeia
• The use of words to imitate
sounds
–Animal sounds (moo, ribbit, cluck,
ruff)
–Noises (zoom, boom, sizzle, fizzle)
Onomatopoeia Examples
• “Clang, clang, clang went the trolley” –
Judy Garland
• “On his farm he had a pig, ei ei o, with an
oink, oink here and an oink, oink there”Old Macdonald
• “I like that Boom Boom Pow” – Black Eye
Peas
• “Rockin’ Robin, tweet, tweet” – Jackson 5