Consonance, Assonance and Alliteration

What is alliteration?

• the repetition of vowel sounds inside of nearby words

• the repetition of consonant sounds inside of nearby words

• the repetition of the beginning sounds of nearby words

• the feeling a reader gets from a text

What is assonance?

• the repetition of vowel sounds inside of nearby words

• the repetition of consonant sounds inside of nearby words

• the repetition of the beginning sounds of nearby words

• the feeling a reader gets from a text

Which detail from the following excerpt of the poem "Casey at the Bat" contains alliteration?

Then from five thousand throats and more there rose a lusty yell

It rumbled through the valley, it rattled in the dell;

It pounded on the mountain and recoiled upon the flat,

For Casey, mighty Casey, was advancing to the bat.

• "Then from five thousand throats"

• "It rattled in the dell;"

• "It pounded on the mountain"

• "was advancing to the bat."

Which detail from the following excerpt of the poem "Casey at the Bat" contains assonance?

Then from five thousand throats and more there rose a lusty yell

It rumbled through the valley, it rattled in the dell;

It pounded on the mountain and recoiled upon the flat,

For Casey, mighty Casey, was advancing to the bat.

• "five thousand throats"

• "It rumbled through the valley"

• "It pounded on the mountain"

• "there rose a lusty yell"

Which detail from the following excerpt of the poem "Little Birds" contains alliteration?

Little Birds are feeding

Justices with jam,

Rich in frizzled ham:

Rich, I say, in oysters

Haunting shady cloisters -

That is what I am.

• "Little birds are feeding"

• "Justices with jam"

• "Rich in frizzled ham"

• "That is what I am"

Which detail from the lyrics below contains assonance?

Do you wish you could jump

With a basketball and land a slam dunk?

Well, if you can't on Earth, try it on the moon,

There's less gravity—you jump higher like ZOOM!

But on Jupiter, even LeBron

Couldn't dunk 'cause the gravity there is too strong.

Jupiter is heavier—it has more mass,

Mass is the amount of matter that something has.

• "Well, if you can't on Earth,"

• "There's less gravity—you jump higher"

• "try it on the moon,"

• "With a basketball and land a slam dunk."

Which detail from the lyrics below contains alliteration?

Now an animal's life cycle is sort of the same,

Here's an example of a mammal—hmm, let me explain.

Take a puppy that's inside of its mom,

It's born with its eyes shut—it doesn't know what's going on.

• "life cycle is sort of the same,"

• "Here's an example of a mammal"

• "Hmm, let me explain."

• "It doesn't know what's going on"

Which detail from the lyrics below contains assonance?

Now an animal's life cycle is sort of the same,

Here's an example of a mammal—hmm, let me explain.

Take a puppy that's inside of its mom,

It's born with its eyes shut—it doesn't know what's going on

It's just a juvenile, it's not full grown

It's living off its mother's milk, not chewing a bone.

• "is sort of the same"

• "an example of a mammal"

• "not chewing a bone"

• "its eyes shut"

How could the following sentence be rewritten to contain alliteration?

I accidentally left my phone at home.

• I accidentally left my phone in the basement.

• I fled, forgetting my phone was in the family room.

• I neglected to get my phone when I left the apartment.

• I've left my phone on the sofa many times before.

How could the following sentence be rewritten to contain assonance?

Joy ate lots of dessert.

• Joy ate seven ice cream sandwiches.

• Joy consumed cake and cookies.

• Joy devoured doughnuts all day.

• Joy did eat three pieces of cheesecake.