1. Alliteration, Consonance, and Assonance

2. Alliteration
Repetition of the same consonant sounds, usually at the beginning of the words
Example:
- Should the glee-glaze-
- In Death’s–stiff-stare.

3. Alliteration Find the alliteration in “Sweetness, Always”
“Verses of pastry which melt into milk and sugar in the mouth.”

4. Alliteration Yay, you found the alliteration! …Hopefully
“Verses of pastry which melt into milk and sugar in the mouth.”

5. Assonance The repetition of similar vowel sounds within syllables
Example:
Beware of ex/cessive assonance. Any assonance that draws attention to itself is ex/cessive.

6. Assonance Find the Assonance in this quote from “The Flea”
“Oh stay, three lives in one flea spare,
Where we almost, nay more than
married are.”

7. Assonance Yay, you found it! …. Hopefully.
“Oh stay, three lives in one flea spare,
Where we almost, nay more than
married are.”
No matter where the similar sounds are found, as long as they are a repetition of the same vowel sound, they count!

8. Assonance Vs. Rhyme Scheme
What is the difference between Assonance and Rhyme Scheme?
Although Rhyme Scheme is also the same sounds, in rhyming those sounds are usually found at the end of the lines of the poem.
Assonance can be found all throughout a poem, no matter where in the line.

9. Consonance
Close repetition of the same consonant sounds, preceded by different vowel sounds
Note: At the end of lines of poetry, this produces half-rhyme.
Example:
Flash and flesh.
Breed and bread.

10. Consonance Find the Consonance in Our Homemade Limerick.
“Sometimes, I wish I could wash,
My reds with my whites, Josh.
In a flash they’d be done,
If I washed them as one,
But a pink they would be make as they
swish swash, swish swash.

11. Consonance Red – Consonance “Sometimes, I wish I could wash,
My reds with my whites, Josh.
In a flash they’d be done,
If I washed them as one,
But a pink they would be make as they
swish swash, swish swash.
Red – Consonance

12. Why are these important?
Alliteration, Assonance, and Consonance are all useful in literature because they create a general flow.
They all add a sense of lyricism to a poem, or a song.
Also, used in tongue twisters.
Example: Sally sells sea shells by the sea shore.