Alliteration, Consonance, Assonance

1. Alliteration, Consonance, Assonance I can explain the usage of alliteration, consonance, and assonance in poetry.

2. Poetry • What is poetry? • Think • Pair • Share

3. Poetry • Poetry is a form of free verse. • It involves using poetic devices such as imagery, similes, metaphors, and onomatopoeias. • Today, we will focus on the poetic devices… • Alliteration • Consonance • Assonance

4. Alliteration, Assonance, and Consonance • Poets, authors, and song writers use these as tools. • Educated people recognize and appreciate these. • These ALL have to do with repeating word sounds.

5. Alliteration • Repetition of initial consonant sound. • A consonant is not a vowel. Example Peter Piper picked a peck of pickled peppers.

6. Consonance • Repetition of a consonant sound that is not at the beginning of the word. • A consonant is not a vowel. Example All mammals named Sam are clammy.

7. Assonance • Repetition of vowel sound. • Vowels = a, e, i, o, u Examples • “That solitude which suits abstruser musings” - Samuel Taylor Coleridge • “Hear the mellow wedding bells.” — Edgar Allen Poe

8. Let’s Try “West Beast East Beast” by Dr. Seuss Upon an island hard to reach, The East Beast sits upon his beach. Upon the west beach sits the West Beast. Each beach beast thinks he's the best beast. Which beast is best?...Well, I thought at first, That the East was best and the West was worst. Then I looked again from the west to the east And I liked the beast on the east beach least.

9. In the poem, Dr. Seuss makes use of the poetic device of assonance. • Which vowel sound is being repeated in the poem? • Think • Pair • Share

10. Your Turn • http://www.steelbonnet.com/assonancews.pdf

11. Let’s Review • Alliteration is repetition of initial consonant sound. • Consonance is repetition of consonant sound at the middle or end of words. • Assonance is repetition of vowel sounds.