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Assonance, Alliteration, and Consonance
Alliteration:
Examples of Alliteration:
Identify the alliteration in the following examples to test your skills: (R.L. 6.4, P.S. 2.0)
1. Becky’s beagle barked and bayed, becoming bothersome for Billy.
2. Carries cat clawed her couch, creating chaos.
3. Dan’s dog dove deep in the dam, drinking dirty water as he dove.
4. Fred’s friends fried Fritos for Friday’s food.
5. Garry’s giraffe gobbled gooseberry’s greedily, getting good at grabbing goodies.
6. Hannah’s home has heat hopefully.
7. Jesse’s jaguar is jumping and jiggling jauntily.
8. Kim’s kid’s kept kiting
9. Larry’s lizard likes leaping leopards
10. Mike’s microphone made much music
Consonance:
Identify examples of consonance. (R.L. 6.4, P.S. 2.0)
1. Mike likes his new bike.
2. I will crawl away with the ball.
3. He stood on the road and cried.
4. Toss the glass, boss.
5. It will creep and beep while you sleep.
6. He struck a streak of bad luck.
7. When Billie looked at the trailer, she smiled and laughed.
8. I dropped the locket in the thick mud and it got stuck.
9. The black sack is in the back.
10. The zoo was amazing, especially the lizards and chimpanzees.
Assonance
Identify the assonance in the given examples. (R.L. 6.4, P.S. 2.0)
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Alice’s aunt ate apples and acorns around August.
Eric’s eagle eats eggs, enjoying each episode of eating.
Isaacs ice cream is interesting and Isaac is imbibing it.
Orson’s owl out-performed ostriches.
Uncle Uris’ united union uses umbrella’s