This document defines and provides examples of alliteration, consonance, and assonance. It explains that alliteration involves repeating initial consonant sounds in words, consonance involves repeating internal consonant sounds, and assonance involves repeating vowel sounds. Examples are given of how these literary devices are used in company names, characters, songs, and poems. The document cautions against overusing these devices in writing.

2. Have you Ever Heard…
• Sally sold seashells by the sea shore
• Peter piper picked a peck of pickled
peppers
• These are both examples of
alliteration!
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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. • 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
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6. Where is Alliteration Used….
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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
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8. Consonance
• Definition: InternalInternal repetition or endingending
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

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:
• “The Bells” by Edgar Allan
Poe
“Hear the mellow wedding
bells”
In Songs:
• “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
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15. *CAUTION*
• Too much use of alliteration, consonance, or
assonance can be excessive and be distracting
in writing!
• Use sparingly and make sure to not use too
much of one device in writing. Make sure to
incorporate alliteration, consonance, as well
as assonance
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