1. Consonance and Assonance
Alliteration
Consonance and Assonance

2. Have you Ever Heard… Or Sally sold seashells by the sea shore
Peter piper picked a peck of pickled peppers
These are both examples of alliteration! Or

3. Definition:
Alliteration: Having stressed syllables with the same sound or sound group repeating at the beginning of two or more words
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4. The phonic ‘ph’ can sound like f…. Funny photos
Alliterations don’t always have to start with the same letter. It only has to have the same sound!
The phonic ‘ph’ can sound like f….
Funny photos
‘C’ can sometimes sound like ‘S’….
Sassy Celebrities
‘C’ can sound like ‘K’…
Kitty Cat
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5. Where is Alliteration Used?
Companies: to make brand names more memorable
Examples: Krispy Kreme, Best Buy, PayPal
Characters: to appeal to children and stand out
Examples: Mickey Mouse, Donald Duck, SpongeBob Squarepants

6. Where is Alliteration Used….
Phrases: Examples- • Home Sweet Home
Busy As a Bee
Good as Gold
Poems: makes poems more interesting, and accentuates the rhythm. Example:
Sleek seals
Dipping diving
Strolling slowly
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7. Is This Alliteration? Eric eats eggs Becky bought a beagle Coca-Cola
Silent child
Living the life
Find the phone fast
She was thinking and blinking

8. Consonance
Definition: Internal repetition or ending consonant sounds in a section of words
*What is a consonant*
A speech sound that is not a vowel (a,e,i,o,u)

9. Examples of Consonance:
The lumpy, bumpy road
The string was strong
Some mammals are clammy

10. Consonance in the Real World
Used in Songs: “Lose Yourself” by Eminem
“Hold your nose ‘cause here goes the cold water”
Used in Poems: “The Raven” by Edgar Allan Poe
“There came a tapping, as of some one gently rapping-rapping on my chamber door”

11. Assonance
Definition: Internal repetition of vowel sounds in words close together
* What is a vowel?*
A, E, I, O, or U
A, E, I, O, U

12. Examples of Assonance I made my way to the lake The hat man
I don’t know what's going on!

13. Assonance in the Real World
In Poems:
In Songs:
“The Bells” by Edgar Allan Poe
“Hear the mellow wedding bells”
“Hey Soul Sister” by Train
“You gave my life direction, a game show love connection”

14. Is this alliteration, consonance, or assonance?
He struck a streak of bad luck
There was a fleet of sleeping geese
The pig put on a few pounds
How now brown cow
The sun made my skin sizzle
Consonance
Assonance
Alliteration
Assonance
Alliteration