Identifying and Using Assonance

(True or False) Assonance is the repetition of a vowel sound within words.

• True

• False

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CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.RL.2.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

What is the definition of Assonance

• The repetition of a vowel sounds within nonrhyming words.

• The occurrence of the same letter or sound at the beginning of adjacent or closely connected words.

• a figure of speech involving the comparison of one thing with another thing.

• a figure of speech in which a word or phrase is applied to an object or action to which it is not literally applicable.

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CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.RL.2.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

When is Assonance used?

• Poetry

• Prose

• Music

• All of the Above

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CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.RL.2.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

How does Assonance differ from alliteration?

• They are the same.

• Assonance is the repetition of both vowel and consonant.

• Assonance is vowel repetition, whereas alliteration is consonant repetition

• Alliteration is vowel repetition, whereas assonance is consonant repetition

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CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.RL.2.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

Why isn’t assonance rhyme?

• Assonance is only consonant repetition.

• Assonance is only vowel repetition.

• Rhyme and assonance have nothing in common.

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CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.RL.2.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

What is an example of assonance in the passage below.

• Kingfisher flashing

• River of green

• Unseen beneath the trees

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CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.RL.2.4

CCSS.RL.7.4