 Sound Devices Pitter patter… pitter patter

1. Alliteration  Meaning  The repetition of words that start with the same consonant sound  Example  Some silly students sing sad songs.

2. Assonance  Meaning  The repetition of vowel sounds within words, but not the surrounding consonant sounds  Example  How is the brown cow bowing down?

3. Consonance  Meaning  The loose repetition of consonant sounds at the ends of words or syllables  Example  All tall mammals have five ways to live or survive

4. Onomatopoeia  Meaning  Naming a thing or an action by imitating the sound it makes.  Example  Woof  Boom  Hiss  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  Meaning  When the sounds that rhyme are exactly the same sounds.  Example  Hat, cat  Free, bee

7. Approximate Rhyme / Half Rhyme  Meaning  When the words repeat some sounds, but are not exact echoes  Example  Mean, fine  Rate, bet  Life, die  Beef, streets

8. End Rhymes  Meaning  When the rhymes come at the end of the lines  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  Meaning  Rhymes that occur within a line of poetry  Example  I set my hat on the mat  I was a fool who skipped school