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[ăśə-nəns]
(n.)Resemblance of sound, especially of the vowel sounds in words, as in:…
(n.)The repetition of identical or similar vowel sounds, especially in…
(n.)Rough similarity; approximate agreement.
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Assonance is refrain of vowel sounds to create internal rhyming within phrases or sentences, and together with alliteration and consonance serves as one of the building blocks of verse. For example, ...
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"Beware of excessive assonance. Any assonance that draws attention to itself is excessive."; (John Earle, A Simple Grammar of English, 1898) ... "The terms alliteration, assonance, and rhyme identify kinds of recurring sound that in practice are often freely mixed together. . . . It may not be easy or useful to decide...
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Assonance is the repetition of vowel sounds but not consonant sounds as in consonance. ... Example: fleet feet sweep by sleeping geeks. ... Return to Literary Term Page...
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Assonance differs from RHYME in that RHYME is a similarity of vowel and consonant. "Lake" and "fake" demonstrate RHYME; "lake" and "fate" assonance. Assonance is a common substitution for END-RHYME in the popular ballad, as in these lines from "The Twa Corbies":
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Repetition of similar vowel sounds, preceded and followed by different consonants, in the stressed syllables of adjacent words. ... The seargant asked him to bomb the lawn with hotpots. ... Figures of Repetition...
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Examples can help you make use of a literary technique in your own work. These examples of assonance and alliteration have been compliled to help you do just that. ... Learn to Use Assonance through Examples...
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