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Assonance

Assonance. Repeating a vowel sound throughout a sentence, phrase, paragraph, or entire piece of writing (A, E, I, O, or, U, sometimes Y) Example: The c a ts r a n a fter a n a lligator who w a s trying to a ssist a n a larmed a nd drowning arm a dillo to get a cross the river. .

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Assonance

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  1. Assonance • Repeating a vowel sound throughout a sentence, phrase, paragraph, or entire piece of writing (A, E, I, O, or, U, sometimes Y) Example: The cats ran after an alligator who was trying to assist an alarmed and drowning armadillo to get across the river.

  2. Alliteration • Repeating the same consonant letter/ sound at the beginning, middle, or end of a word within a sentence, phrase, paragraph, or even an entire piece of writing • Consonants are letters that are NOT vowels (NOT “A, E, I, O, U”) Example: 1. Peter Piper picked a pack of pickled peppers. 2. How much wood could a woodchuck chuck if a woodchuck could chuck wood?

  3. Personification • Giving human qualities, feelings, or actions to non-living things (inanimate objects) Examples: 1. The window winked at me. 2. The rain kissed my cheeks as it fell from the sky.

  4. Metaphor • A comparison between two unlike things not using “like” or “as” “You are a bird trappedin a cage.”

  5. Simile • A comparison between two unlike things using “like” or “as” “Lifeis likeabox of chocolates. You never know what you’re gonna get.”

  6. Quick Write: Random Autobiography 1. What are some events in your life that are worth writing about? 2. Name some of your personality characteristics/ traits? 3. What do you believe in? 4. What are your hobbies? 5. Name some favorite anythings. 6. Is there anything special about your birth, life, name, etc?

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