Tongue Twisters

Seven birds saw seventy seven sick

sheep with seventy seven stinky
hooves.
Bernie Brown ate Blake’s Brown
bubbly chocolate for brunch with
Ben.
What is the sound???
Sound Devices
Sound devices are elements of
literature and poetry which use
stylistic techniques that convey
meaning through sound.
Types of Sound Devices
Rhymes- the similar sounds of
words which usually at the end
of each line in the poem.
Example
She walks in beauty like the night
Of cloudless climes and starry skies;
And all that’s best of dark and bright
Meet in her aspect and her eyes;
Thus mellowed to that tender light
Which heaven to gaudy day denies.
Types of Sound Devices
Onomatopoeia- it refers to
the use of words that imitate
the sounds they are expressing.
Example
Types of Sound Devices
Alliteration- it refers to the
repetition of initial consonant
or vowel sounds in the poem.
Example
Types of Sound Devices
Assonance- this refers to the
similar vowel sounds found
within the words
Example
Exercises THE SEA
James Reeves

The sea is a hungry dog,

Giant and grey.
He rolls on the beach all day
With his clashing teeth and shaggy jaws
Hour upon hour he gnaws
The rumbling, tumbling stones.
And bones bones bones!
The giant sea-dog moans, licking his greasy paws.
More exercises …
 Identify the sound devices used in each sentence.
1. She sells sea shells by the sea shore.
2. The rain in Spain falls mainly in the plains.
3. The clucking chickens are driving me crazy.
4. There was a fleet of sleeping geese.
5. Jake the snake, really loves to shake.
6. Little Miss Muffet sat on a tuffet.
7. The gun bang and the snake hiss.