Examples: Alliteration, Assonance, Consonance

Busy as a bee

Alliteration. Repetition of initial sounds of words in a row. "b"

Eric's eagle eats eggs, enjoying each episode of eating.

Alliteration. Repetition of initial sounds of words in a row. "e"

Make a mountain out of a molehill

Alliteration. Repetition of initial sounds of words in a row. "m"

Mike's microphone made much music

Alliteration. Repetition of initial sounds of words in a row. "m"

Nick's nephew never needed new notebooks.

Alliteration. Repetition of initial sounds of words in a row. "n"

PayPal

Alliteration. Repetition of initial sounds of words in a row. "p"

Sara's seven sisters slept soundly in sand.

Alliteration. Repetition of initial sounds of words in a row. "s"

It took tons of tools to make toys for tots

Alliteration. Repetition of initial sounds of words in a row. "t"

Alice's aunt ate apples and acorns around August

Alliteration. Repetition of initial sounds of words in a row. "a"

Becky's beagle barked and bayed, becoming bothersome for Billy

Alliteration. Repetition of initial sounds of words in a row. "b"

Johnny went here and there and everywhere

Assonance Repetition of vowel sounds of words - "e"

The engineer held the steering to steer the vehicle

Assonance Repetition of vowel sounds of words - "ee"

So old it is that no man knows how and why the first poems came.

Assonance Repetition of vowel sounds of words - "o"

Men sell the wedding bells

Assonance. Repetition of vowel sounds of words - "E"

Go and mow the lawn

Assonance. Repetition of vowel sounds of words - "O"

"If I bleat when I speak it's because I just got . . . fleeced."

Assonance. Repetition of vowel sounds of words - "ee"

The sailor said 'hey' to Mae in passing

Assonance. Repetition of vowel sounds of words. - "ay"

He received three emails today.

Assonance. Repetition of vowel sounds of words. - "ee"

Do you like blue?

Assonance. Repetition of vowel sounds of words. - "oo"

I feel depressed and restless

Assonance. Repetition of vowel sounds of words - EE or Consonance. Repetition of consonent sounds of words - ss

Glass boss

Consonance, glaSS boSS. The two final consonant sounds are repeated.

I dropped the locket in the thick mud

Consonance. I dropped the loCKet in the thiCK mud

Rap rejects my tape deck, ejects projectile

Consonance. Rap rejECts my tape dECk, eECts pojECtile. The consonant sounds are repeated.

short and sweet

Consonance. ShorT and sweeT. The sounds of the "T" consonants in repeated. This is NOT an alliteration because the sound of the SH at the beginning is not repeated in the SW sound of sweet.

struts and frets

Consonance. StruTS and freTS. The two final consonant sounds are repeated.

The ship has sailed to the far off shores.

Consonance. The SHip has sailed to the far off SHores. In contrast to alliteration, consonance involves repetition of consonant sounds only.

a stroke of luck

Consonance. a stroKE of lucK. The "K" sound is repeated.

odds and ends

Consonance. odDS and enDS. The sounds of the "DS" consonants in repeated.

dove moved above the waves

Consonance. the doVe moVed aboVe the waVes. The "V" sound is repeated.

First and last

Consonance. FirsT and lasT. The two final consonant sounds (ST) are repeated.