Circuit 4 – Alliteration, Assonance, and Rhyme

Use the laptop to move through the slides as you work at this station.

Review of terms

Take a copy of the notes from the clip and fill in the following:

alliteration – the repetition of consonant sounds, often at the beginning of words

assonance – the repetition of similar vowel sounds

rhyme – words that have the same sound, especially at the end of the word

Highlight or underline examples of alliteration, assonance, and rhyme from the following passages.

Take turns using the pens to mark them on the board. Annotate the two passages in your notes, as well.

A poem is a portrait sketched in words.It is a synonym for soul, a sermonFrom the stars. It is a song…

-Roger Bates Kronmann

But never met this fellow,Attended or alone,Without a tighter breathingAnd zero at the bone

-Emily Dickinson

For the moon never beams, without bringing me dreamsOf the beautiful Annabel Lee;And the stars never rise, but I feel the bright eyesOf the beautiful Annabel Lee.

-Edgar Allen Poe

Health-food folks around the world Are thinned by anxious zeal,They look for help in seafood kelp(I count on breaded veal).

-Maya Angelou

Manhattan leaps from plinth of stone;His soul sings like a saxophone.

-David McCord

When I watch you Wrapped up like garbageSitting, surrounded by the smellOf too old potato peels

-Lucille Clifton

Golden girlIn a golden gownIn a melody nightIn Harlem town.

-Langston Hughes