This document defines and provides examples of different types of sound devices in language including alliteration, assonance, consonance, onomatopoeia, rhyme, end rhymes, and internal rhymes. Alliteration is the repetition of initial consonant sounds, assonance involves repetition of vowel sounds, and consonance loosely repeats consonant sounds at the end of words. Onomatopoeia imitates the sounds associated with things or actions. Rhyme repeats similar ending sounds whether the spelling matches or not. End rhymes occur at the end of lines while internal rhymes are within a single line.

1. S
Sound Devices
Pitter patter… pitter patter

2. 1. Alliteration
S Meaning
S The repetition of words that start with the same consonant
sound
S Example
S Some silly students sing sad songs.

3. 2. Assonance
S Meaning
S The repetition of vowel sounds within words, but not the
surrounding consonant sounds
S Example
S How is the brown cow bowing down?

4. 3. Consonance
S Meaning
S The loose repetition of consonant sounds at the ends of
words or syllables
S Example
S All tall mammals have five ways to live or survive

5. 4. Onomatopoeia
S Meaning
S Naming a thing or an action by imitating the sound it makes.
S Example
S Woof
S Boom
S Hiss
S Buzz

6. 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

7. 6. End Rhymes
S Meaning
S When the rhymes come at the end of the lines
S Example
Where 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.

8. 9. Internal Rhymes
S Meaning
S Rhymes that occur within a line of poetry
S Example
S I set my hat on the mat
S I was a fool who skipped school