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Aim : Why does Krakauer use consonance in some of his sentences?

December 19, 2012. Aim : Why does Krakauer use consonance in some of his sentences? . HW : Read Ch. 13-15 and post 3 good questions. Don’t forget to guess what the vocab words mean, based on how Krakauer uses them in his sentences. What do you notice?.

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Aim : Why does Krakauer use consonance in some of his sentences?

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  1. December 19, 2012 Aim: Why does Krakauer use consonance in some of his sentences? HW: Read Ch. 13-15 and post 3 good questions. Don’t forget to guess what the vocab words mean, based on how Krakauer uses them in his sentences.

  2. What do you notice? bubbles from the bottom of a boiling kettle (Krakauer27)

  3. CONSONANCE • a poetic device characterized by the repetition of the same consonant sound two or more times in short succession • Examples: • flip flop • all mammals named Sam are clammy

  4. Note Well • The repeated consonant sound does NOT have to be the first letter of the word • That’s called alliteration, a special type of consonance

  5. Why do this? • Nowadays, people tend to just like tongue-twisters. • But good writers use it to emphasize a particular emotion or action, or to convey tone.

  6. Consonance in Shakespeare • Ks, Ps, and Bs for humor. • Repeated Bs make the speaker’s cheeks puff out comically • Fs and Ts for emphasis. • “Fairwell fair cruelty” is Viola’s way of telling Olivia off in Twelfth Night

  7. Consonance in Shakespeare • Hs to show the speaker laughing at someone/something. • Kate to Petruchio in The Taming of the Shrew: “Well have you heard, but something hard of hearing…” (2.1.3)

  8. Consonance in Shakespeare • Ms for romantic interest. • Juliet’s soliloquoy in Romeo and Juliet: “…Come, civil night, Thou sober-suited matron all in black, And learn me how to lose a winning match Played for a pair of stainless maidenhoods. Hood my unmanned blood, bating in my cheeks, With thy black mantle till strange love grow bold, Think true love acted simple modesty. Come, night. Come, Romeo. Come, thou day in night…” (3.2.10-18)

  9. Others? • What might a repeated S sound convey? • D? • W? • Z?

  10. Another example from Into the Wild The water by this time was a chaos of whitecaps that threatened to swamp and capsize his tiny craft. (Krakauer, 36)

  11. Invent your own! • Now you create your own sentence relying on one repeated consonant sound. Make sure the consonant sound you choose evokes the emotion, tone, or action you want those words to express.

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