Sound Devices Alliteration The repetition of beginning consonant

Sound Devices

Alliteration • The repetition of beginning consonant sounds in neighboring word – Tongue twisters are an extreme example. • She sells sea shells down by the sea shore. • Peter piper picked a peck of pickled peppers.

Alliteration Examples • “It was the wicked and wild wind; Blew down the doors to let me in” - Coldplay • “Karma, Karma Chameleon, you come and go” – Culture Club • “Better be a better boy before you bother betting you’ll bring her back home again”Mick Terry

Consonance • Consonance- the repetition of middle or consonant sounds in neighboring words Doug ate twelve cakes and now seems to have a stomach issues.

Assonance • The repetition of vowel sounds in neighboring words Ted and Katie went to see a tree being planted on the first day of spring.

Assonance Examples • “You better lose yourself in the music, the moment; You own it, you better never let it go You only get one shot, do not miss your chance to blow; This opportunity comes once in a lifetime”- Eminem • “You see these shackles baby, I’m your slave” – Justin Timberlake • “Whisper words of wisdom, let it be” - Beatles

Consonance and Assonance Examples • “I’d like to make myself believe, that planet Earth turns slowly” – Owl City • “I’ve got sunshine on a cloudy day; When it’s cold outside, I’ve got the month of May” – The Temptations • “In a second you’ll be wrapped around my finger, cause I can do it better”- Avril Lavigne

Onomatopoeia • The use of words to imitate sounds – Animal sounds (moo, ribbit, cluck, ruff) – Noises (zoom, boom, sizzle, fizzle)

Onomatopoeia Examples • “Clang, clang went the trolley” – Judy Garland • “On his farm he had a pig, ei ei o, with an oink, oink here and an oink, oink there”Old Macdonald • “I like that Boom Pow” – Black Eye Peas • “Rockin’ Robin, tweet” – Jackson 5