Pitter patter… pitter patter
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1. Alliteration
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S The repetition of words that start with the same consonant sound
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S S ome s illy s tudents s ing s ad s ongs.

2. Assonance
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S The repetition of vowel sounds within words , but not the surrounding consonant sounds
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S H o w is the br o wn c o w b o wing d o wn?

3. Consonance
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S The loose repetition of consonant sounds at the ends of words or syllables
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S A ll ta ll mamma l s ha v e fi v e ways to li v e or survi v e

4. Onomatopoeia
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S Naming a thing or an action by imitating the sound it makes.
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Woof
Boom
Hiss
Buzz

5. Rhyme
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The repetition of similar sounds
 The sounds are not always exactly the same
The spelling does not have to be the same
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Thinking , linking
Bake, cake
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Frog, hog
High, sky
Mean, fine

6. Exact Rhyme
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S When the sounds that rhyme are exactly the same sounds.
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Hat, cat
Free, bee

7. Approximate Rhyme / Half Rhyme
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S When the words repeat some sounds, but are not exact echoes
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Mean, fine
Rate, bet
Life, die
Beef, streets

8. End Rhymes
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S When the rhymes come at the end of the lines
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Where in this b ook do you think I should l ook ?
Every day I look at the s ky.
I think of my life and ask myself why.

9. Internal Rhymes
S Meaning
S Rhymes that occur within a line of poetry
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I set my hat on the mat
I was a fool who skipped school