Sound DevicesPitter patter… pitter patter

1. Alliteration

Meaning The repetition of words that start with the same

consonant sound

Example Some silly students sing sad songs.

2. Assonance

Meaning The repetition of vowel sounds within words, but not

the surrounding consonant sounds

Example How is the brown cow bowing down?

3. Consonance

Meaning The loose repetition of consonant sounds at the ends

of words or syllables

Example All tall mammals have five ways to live or survive

4. Onomatopoeia

Meaning Naming a thing or an action by imitating the sound it

makes.

Example Woof Boom Hiss Buzz

5. Rhyme

Meaning The repetition of similar sounds

The sounds are not always exactly the same The spelling does not have to be the same

Example Thinking , linking Bake, cake Frog, hog High, sky Mean, fine

6. Exact Rhyme

Meaning When the sounds that rhyme are exactly the same sounds.

Example Hat, cat Free, bee

7. Approximate Rhyme / Half Rhyme

Meaning When the words repeat some sounds, but are not

exact echoes

Example Mean, fine Rate, bet Life, die Beef, streets

8. End Rhymes

Meaning When the rhymes come at the end of the lines

ExampleWhere in this book

do you think I should look?

Every day I look at the sky.

I think of my life and ask myself why.

9. Internal Rhymes

Meaning Rhymes that occur within a line of poetry

Example I set my hat on the mat I was a fool who skipped school