Group 2: Fantastic Babies

Alliteration
What is ?
- It is a literary device seen in a series of
words (or close together) that begins with the
same consonant sound.

- Example -
“She sells seashells by the sea-shore.”
How to spot an alliteratio
The best way to spot an alliteration is to read the sentence
out loud and then look for the words that have identical
beginnings that are consonants.

e.g:
1. Becky’s beagle barked and bayed, becoming bothersome for Billy.
2. Can you keep the cat from clawing the couch? It’s 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. Greedy goats gobbled up gooseberries, getting good at grabbing
the goodies.
 assonance
What is ?
Assonance is the repetition of vowels of nearby word to
reinforce the meaning of words or to set a mood.

- Example -

“I must confess that in my quest I felt depressed and

restless.”
— With Love, by Thin Lizzy
How to spot an assonance
Assonance examples are sometimes hard to find, because they
work subconsciously sometimes, and are subtle. The long vowel
sounds will slow down the energy and make the mood more
somber, while high sounds can increase the energy level of the
piece.

e.g

“And stepping softly with her air of blooded ruin about the glade
in a frail agony of grace she trailed her rags through dust and
ashes, circling the dead fire, the charred billets and chalk bones,
the little calcined ribcage.” From: Cormac McCarthy's book, Outer Dark
1. "In the over-mastering loneliness of that moment, his whole life
seemed to him nothing but vanity." - "Night Rider" by Robert Penn Warren
2. "A lanky, six-foot, pale boy with an active Adam's apple, ogling Lo and
her orange-brown bare midriff, which I kissed five minutes later,
Jack." - "Lotita" by Vladimir Nabokov
3. "Strips of tinfoil winking like people" - "The Bee Meeting" by Sylvia Plath
4. "Soft language issued from their spitless lips as they swished in low
circles round and round the field, winding hither and thither through
the weeds" - "Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man" by James Joyce
5. "The spider skins lie on their sides, translucent and ragged, their
legs drying in knots." - "Holy the Firm" by Annie Dillard
6. "The setting sun was licking the hard bright machine like some
great invisible beast on its knees." - "Death, Sleep, and the Traveler" by John Hawkes
 consonance
What is ?
Consonance is typically used to refer to the repetition of ending
sounds that are consonants, but it can refer to repetition of
consonant sounds within the word as well. Often, consonance is used
to create a rhyme or cadence

- Example -

Pitter Patter, Pitter Patter

How to spot an CONSonance
the repetition of a consonant sound and is typically used to
refer to the repetition of sounds at the end of the word, but also
refers to repeated sounds in the middle of a word.

e.g

1. The lint was sent with the tent.

2. I think I like the pink kite.
3. I held my nose in the breeze so I would not sneeze on your
knees.
4. Her foot left a print on the carpet.
5. Odds and ends.
TL:DR

Consonance differs from alliteration

and assonance because
Consonance is at the end or middle.
Alliteration, remember, is the
repetition of a sound at the
beginning of a word. Assonance is
the repetition of a vowel sound
Reference:
http://examples.yourdictionary.com/alliteration-examples.html
https://www.ereadingworksheets.com/figurative-language/poetic-
devices/alliteration-examples/
http://examples.yourdictionary.com/assonance-examples.html
https://literarydevices.net/assonance/
http://www.softschools.com/examples/grammar/consonance_examples/128/