Sound Devices

Pitter patter… pitter patter

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 1. Alliteration

 Meaning
 The repetition of words that start with the same
consonant sound

 Example
 Some silly students sing sad songs.
 2. Assonance

 Meaning
 The repetition of vowel sounds within words, but not
the surrounding consonant sounds

 Example
 How is the brown cow bowing down?
 3. Consonance

 Meaning
 The loose repetition of consonant sounds at the ends
of words or syllables

 Example
 All tall mammals have fve ways to live or survive
 4. Onomatopoeia

 Meaning
 Naming a thing or an action by imitating the sound it
makes.

 Example
 Woof
 Boom
 Hiss
 Buzz
 5. Rhyme

 Meaning
 The repetition of similar sounds
 The sounds are not always exactly the same
 The spelling does not have to be the same

 Example
 Thinking , linking
 Bake, cake
 Frog, hog
 High, sky
 Mean, fne
 6. Exact Rhyme

 Meaning
 When the sounds that rhyme are exactly the same sounds.

 Example
 Hat, cat
 Free, bee
 7. Approximate Rhyme / Half
Rhyme

 Meaning
 When the words repeat some sounds, but are not
exact echoes

 Example
 Mean, fne
 Rate, bet
 Life, die
 Beef, streets
 8. End Rhymes

 Meaning
 When the rhymes come at the end of the lines

 Example
Where in this book
do you think I should look?

Every day I look at the sky.

I think of my life and ask myself why.
 9. Internal Rhymes

 Meaning
 Rhymes that occur within a line of poetry

 Example
 I set my hat on the mat
 I was a fool who skipped school