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I need a quiz about alliteration, assonace, and consonace. I have a test tomorrow so I think I need some more practice.

OK here's how it works. you guys give me several sentences see if I know if they're alliteration ,assonance, consonance. Please include your answer.
Thank you

2006-12-13 10:11:56 · 1 answers · asked by Laivwudbbetorw/omwuah 1 in Education & Reference Homework Help

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* And the silken sad uncertain rustling of each purple curtain
* Hear the mellow wedding bells.
* Now Beowulf bode in the burg of the Scyldings,
Leader loved, and long he ruled
* There was never a sound beside the wood but one,
And that was my long scythe whispering to the ground.


Assonance: m*e*llow w*e*dding b*e*lls
unc*er*tain p*ur*ple c*ur*tain
Alliteration: Beowulf, bode, burg, leader, loved, long
Consonance: *s*ilken, *s*ad un*c*ertain ru*s*tling
soun*d* besi*de* woo*d* groun*d*
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Fill in the blanks:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Consonance

1.___________ is a stylistic device, often used in poetry. It is the repetition of consonant sounds in a short sequence of words.

2.______ differs from 1. _________ insofar as 2._______ requires the repeated consonant sound to be at the beginning of each word, where in 1. _______ it is anywhere within the word, although often at the end. In half rhyme, the terminal consonant sound is repeated. A special species of consonance is using a series of sibilant sounds (/s/ and /sh/ for example); this is sometimes known simply as sibilance.

Several good examples of sibilance come from Edgar Allan Poe's "The Raven" For example: "And the silken sad uncertain rustling of each purple curtain" (note that this example also contains 3. _________ around the "ur" sound).

1. Consonance
2. Alliteration
3. Assonance

2006-12-13 12:54:20 · answer #1 · answered by emilynghiem 5 · 0 0

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