Alliteration, Consonance and Assonance

advertisement

Sound Devices

Alliteration

• The repetition of beginning consonant sounds in neighboring word

– Tongue twisters are an extreme example.

• She sells sea shells down by the sea shore.

• Peter piper picked a peck of pickled peppers.

Alliteration Examples

• “It was the wicked and wild wind; Blew down the doors to let me in” - Coldplay

• “Karma, Karma, Karma Chameleon, you come and go” – Culture Club

• “Better be a better boy before you bother betting you’ll bring her back home again”-

Mick Terry

Consonance

• Consonance- the repetition of middle or consonant sounds in neighboring words

Doug ate twelve cakes and now seems to have a stomach issues.

Assonance

• The repetition of vowel sounds in neighboring words

Ted and Katie went to see a tree being planted on the first day of spring.

Assonance Examples

• “You better lose yourself in the music, the moment; You own it, you better never let it go

You only get one shot, do not miss your chance to blow; This opportunity comes once in a lifetime”- Eminem

• “You see these shackles baby, I’m your slave” –

Justin Timberlake

• “Whisper words of wisdom, let it be” - Beatles

Consonance and Assonance

Examples

• “I’d like to make myself believe, that planet

Earth turns slowly” – Owl City

• “I’ve got sunshine on a cloudy day; When it’s cold outside, I’ve got the month of May”

– The Temptations

• “In a second you’ll be wrapped around my finger, cause I can, cause I can do it better”- Avril Lavigne

Onomatopoeia

• The use of words to imitate sounds

–Animal sounds (moo, ribbit, cluck, ruff)

–Noises (zoom, boom, sizzle, fizzle)

Onomatopoeia Examples

• “Clang, clang, clang went the trolley” –

Judy Garland

• “On his farm he had a pig, ei ei o, with an oink, oink here and an oink, oink there”-

Old Macdonald

• “I like that Boom Boom Pow” – Black Eye

Peas

• “Rockin’ Robin, tweet, tweet” – Jackson 5

Download