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