Sound Devices
Pitter patter… pitter patter
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1. Alliteration
S Meaning
S The repetition of words that start with the same consonant
sound
S Example
S Some silly students sing sad songs.
2. Assonance
S Meaning
S The repetition of vowel sounds within words, but not the
surrounding consonant sounds
S Example
S How is the brown cow bowing down?
3. Consonance
S Meaning
S The loose repetition of consonant sounds at the ends of words
or syllables
S Example
S All tall mammals have five ways to live or survive
4. Onomatopoeia
S Meaning
S Naming a thing or an action by imitating the sound it makes.
S Example
S Woof
S Boom
S Hiss
S 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, fine
6. Exact Rhyme
S Meaning
S When the sounds that rhyme are exactly the same sounds.
S Example
S Hat, cat
S Free, bee
7. Approximate Rhyme / Half Rhyme
S Meaning
S When the words repeat some sounds, but are not exact echoes
S Example
S Mean, fine
S Rate, bet
S Life, die
S Beef, streets
8. End Rhymes
S Meaning
S When the rhymes come at the end of the lines
S 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
S Meaning
S Rhymes that occur within a line of poetry
S Example
S I set my hat on the mat
S I was a fool who skipped school