Poetic Devices

Alliteration: occurs when a series of words in a row (or close to a row) have the same first consonant sound.

1. Hannah’s home has heat hopefully.
2. Zachary zeroed in on zoo keeping.

• Alliteration does not need to be an entire sentence. Any two-word phrase can be alliterative (Dunkin’ Donuts)

Consonance: The repetition of consonants or of a consonant pattern, especially at the ends (and sometimes middle) of words, as in blank and think or strong and string.

1.      stroke of luck

2.      odds and ends

3.      came home

Assonance: is the repetition of vowel sounds in nearby words. It is used to reinforce the meanings of words or to set the mood. 

1. It beats . . . as it sweeps . . . as it cleans!" - slogan for Hoover vacuum cleaners

2.Hear the mellow wedding bells

3. The crumbling thunder of seas

HW: All sections EXCEPT 8-1 (period 2 on Monday) 

1. Find and print out school appropriate lyrics of any song that you enjoy.
2. Identify each use of alliteration, consonance, and assonance.