1. Consonance and Assonance
Take out your poetry packet, but please do not open it up yet!

2. Consonance Example
Using the example below, write the definition of consonance on your group’s white board:
"He thrusts his fists against the posts and still insists he sees the ghosts."
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3. Still Not Sure?
This may help…
"He thrusts his fists against the posts and still insists he sees the ghosts."

4. Definition of Consonance
The repetition of consonant sounds.
What other literary device does this sound like?

5. It sounds like…Alliteration
What is the difference between the two?
Consonance Example: "He thrusts his fists against the posts and still insists he sees the ghosts.”
Alliteration Example: "My father brought to conversations a cavernous capacity for caring that dismayed strangers." (John Updike, The Centaur, 1962)

6. The Difference Is…
Consonance: The repetition of CONSONANT sounds ANYWHERE in a word.
Alliteration: The repetition of ANY sounds at the BEGINNING of a word.

7. Assonance Example
Using the example below, write the definition of assonance on your group’s white board:
And from all around the haven the crumbling thunder of seas.
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8. Still Not Sure?
This may help…
And from all around the haven the crumbling thunder of seas.

9. Definition of Assonance
Repetition of vowel sounds ANYWHERE in the word.

10. Similarities and Differences
Consonance, Assonance, and Alliteration
All involve repetition of sounds.
Consonance involves repetition of CONSONANT sounds ANYWHERE in the word.
Assonance involves repetition of VOWEL sounds ANYWHERE in the word.
Alliteration involves repetition of ANY sound at the BEGINNING of a word.