Mini conference 1 Consonance, assonance, aliteration

ASSONANCE

0Repetition of vowel sounds in nearby words

0Used to add rythm

0Internal rhyme

0Add a musical effect to the sentence orfragment

0Adds mood to the text

example

0Men sell thewedding bell

0Go and mow the lawn

0The rain in Spain falls mainly in theplains

Example in Anglo Saxon

0“At my sea weary soul…” The Seafarer

0"By God, punished forever for the crime,” Beowulf

0“I had few loved ones in this land.” The WifesLament

Find the assonance

0Mike likes his new bike

0The zoo was amazing, especiallythe lizards and chimpanzes

0The black sack in the back

0Sent and went

CONSONANCE

0Repetition of a sound in the middle orend of a word in a phrase or sentence

0Vowels don’t count!

0“slant rhyme”

0Sounds are similar but don’t quite rhyme

0Capitol and symbol

examples

0Don’t eat in that tent

0Some mammals are clammy

0The lumpy bumpy road

Examples in Anglo Saxon

0“no kisman could offer confort” The Seafarer

0Tore its iron fasteners with a touch” Beowulf

0“Heart was bent. The best and most noble” Beowulf

Find the consonance

0It will creep and beep while you sleep.

0Norm, the worm, took the garden by a storm this morn.

0It will creep and beep while you sleep.

0Blank and think

ALLITERATION

0When the same syllables or letters repeat at the begining of words in a phrase

0Don’t always have to start in the same letter.

0We focus on the sound not the letter itself

0Makes names (of companies, brands, etc) more interesting

example

0Mickey Mouse

0Peter Piper

0Spongebob Squarepants

0Funny photos

0Sunny side

Examples in Anglo Saxon

0"tell my travels.” The Seafearer

0“Marked as a murderer, man-joys avoiding,” Beowulf

0“And folk-ruling Father’s favor relied on,” Beowulf

0"The Hall of the Heart”