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Sound Devices in Poetry
Give a rhythmic quality to writing Emphasize key sounds, ideas, words, or images
6 Sound Devices
Alliteration
Assonance
Consonance
Repetition
Internal rhyme
Onomatopoeia
Examples of AlliterationLindsay lollygagged leisurely by the lake.
Ryan ranted about his repulsion for repetition.
Repetition of initial consonant sounds
Examples of Assonance
Pugsley utterly pummels thugs.
Nick has a bit of a stick in his pithy wrist.
Janeen screamed when she heard
feet creeping in the street.
Repetition of vowel sounds
Examples of Consonance
Nate gets testy when classmates utter sounds during test time.
Nelson gets restless and rustles through papers before Easter recess.
Repetition of consonant sound within words
Examples of Repetition
Poor Jenna keeps coughing, coughing, coughing all day long.
We must fight! I repeat it, Sir. We must fight!
Repetition of a word or phrase
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Examples of Internal Rhyme
Rachel has a flair for changing her hair.
Andrew can’t wait for his Saturday date.
Rhyming within same line (middle and end words)
Examples of Onomatopoeia
The cows mooed, the ducks quacked and the mouse squealed.
Trey shushed the class when he couldn’t hear the teacher.
Abby stomped her foot when she saw the assignment.
A word that mimics the sound it describes