Thursday, February 1, 2018

Weekly Literary Terms: Assonance, Consonance, and Allusion

Assonance:
Assonance is the repetition of a vowel sound in the same position of words near each other.

Example:
"The crumbling thunder of seas"



Consonance:
Consonance is the repetition of similar consonant sounds between near by words

Example:
"The silent sound seeped slowly into his mind"



Allusion:
Allusion is an expression designed to call something to mind without mentioning it specifically

Example:
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