Assonance Quiz

What is the definition of assonance?

• The repetition of consonant sounds in nearby words or syllables.

• The repetition of vowel sounds in distant words or syllables.

• The repetition of vowel sounds in nearby words or syllables.

• The repetition of vowel sounds in nearby sentences or paragraphs.

True or False: Assonance is the repetition of consonant sounds in words.

• False

• Assonance is the repetition of both consonant and vowel sounds in words.

• Assonance is the repetition of vowel sounds in words.

• True

Assonance primarily focuses on the repetition of which type of sound in words?

• consonant sounds

• syllables

• punctuation marks

• vowel sounds

Which of the following is an example of assonance? a) She sells seashells by the seashore b) Peter Piper picked a peck of pickled peppers c) How much wood would a woodchuck chuck d) All of the above

• d) All of the above.

• b) Peter Piper picked a peck of pickled peppers

• a) She sells seashells by the seashore

• c) How much wood would a woodchuck chuck

True or False: Assonance is only used in poetry and not in other forms of writing.

• False

• Assonance is a type of consonance

• True

• Assonance is a form of alliteration

Assonance is often used to create which of the following literary devices? a) Alliteration b) Onomatopoeia c) Rhyme d) Simile

• c

• a

• b

• d

True or False: Assonance can be used to create a specific mood or tone in a poem.

• False

• Assonance is only used in prose, not poetry.

• Assonance has no effect on the mood or tone of a poem.

• True