ELEMENTS OF SOUNDS

• ALLITERATION
• ASSONANCE
• CONSONANCE

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ALLITERATION
• the occurrence of the same letter or sound
at the beginning of adjacent or closely conn
ected words.
Examples:
A good cook could cook as much cookies as a
good cook who could cook cookies.
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ASSONANCE
• The repetition of a vowel sound or diphthong in non-rhymi
ng words. To qualify assonance, the words must be close e
nough for the repetition of the sound to be noticeable.

Example:
Penitence, reticence
It’s hot and it’s monotonous.
Fleet feet sweep by sleeping geese.

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CONSONANCE
• The recurrence of similar sounds, especially consonan
ts, in close proximity.

Example:
• Mike likes his new bike.
• Toss the glass boss

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 Annabel lee 
Edgar Allan Poe
 Unlocking word meanings
Identify the vocabulary being used in the context.
 seraph with
For Tommy has the face of a 
the heart of a hardy Norseman.
Seraph/s - angel/s
He sees the stone rolled away from the grave of Lazarus
and three men approach

the sepulchre  where the man's body

lies.
Sepulchre – a tomb or grave
Though  high-born , he was propelled
more by his conviction that he was a man of
destiny than any class or tribal loyalty.
High-born - noble/ wealthy
There they learned that
kinsman 
Bilbo's  Frodo now owned the
Ring, a Ring of Power forged and then lost by the
Dark Lord Sauron.
Kinsman – a family member
Secrecy and guilt go so perpetually together, that
it is almost difficult for the mind

dissever them.
to 
Dissever – to sever/ separate
It was in the afternoon but the cabin lights is already

switched off, providing a night-

tide atmosphere.
Night-tide – night-time
Annabel lee