poetic device: Assonance
Assonance is when nearby words share the same vowel sounds, especially on their stressed (or accented) syllables, such as “tiny dinosaur” (which share a long “i” sound) or “random hat” (which share a short “a” sound).
These poems all include at least one instance of assonance. See if you can the assonant words in these poems.
My Dog Likes to Disco
My Cat Knows Karate
AstroCow
I Bought a Maserati
My Sloth Is Supersonic
My Puppy Punched Me in the Eye
We Bought a Lot of Candy Bars
The Dog Ate Our Dinner
Our Holiday Shopping
My Kitten Is a Ninja
My Hot Dog Is Soggy
My Flat Cat
My Brother Punched Me in the Head
A Fishy List
I Tried to Take a Selfie
My Koala’s Not a Doctor
While Lying on the Lawn
An Ogre Came over for Dinner
On New Year’s Day
My Dog Is Always Shivering
I’m Glad at Last It’s Halloween
Everyone’s Screaming
After Thanksgiving
My Favorite Word is Floofy