What literary device is used to create a musical or rhythmic effect by repeating the same sound or letter at the beginning of adjacent or closely connected words?
Sound Devices in Poetry

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PHILIP GRAVUER
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1.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
Assonance
Consonance
Alliteration
Onomatopoeia
2.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
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Assonance involves the repetition of what type of sounds within words?
Consonant sounds
Vowel sounds
Syllabic sounds
Plosive sounds
3.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
Which of the following is an example of onomatopoeia?
A) Buzz
B) Blue
C) Beauty
D) Believe
4.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
Why is onomatopoeia important in writing?
A) It helps to create a more engaging and immersive experience for the reader.
B) It assists in improving the grammar of the text.
C) It provides historical context to the story.
D) It increases the length of the text.
5.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
What is the most common type of rhyme in poetry, where the rhyming words are at the end of the lines?
Internal rhyme
Slant rhyme
End rhyme
Eye rhyme
6.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
In which type of rhyme do the rhyming words occur within the same line of poetry?
End rhyme
Internal rhyme
Slant rhyme
Full rhyme
7.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
What is slant rhyme in poetry?
A) A rhyme where the words sound exactly the same
B) A rhyme where the words have no auditory or visual similarity
C) A rhyme where the sounds of the rhyming words are similar but not identical
D) A rhyme that only occurs in modern poetry
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