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
I Bought a Maserati
My Puppy Punched Me in the Eye
Our Holiday Shopping
AstroCow
My Sloth Is Supersonic
We Bought a Lot of Candy Bars
The Dog Ate Our Dinner
My Flat Cat
My Koala’s Not a Doctor
I Tried to Take a Selfie
An Ogre Came over for Dinner
My Hot Dog Is Soggy
On New Year’s Day
It’s Winter Vacation
The Birds Are Chirping Happily
After Thanksgiving
This Morning Is Our History Test
Elaine the Complainer
Bob’s Job
Saturday’s My Lazy Day
My Favorite Word is Floofy
Bradley Bentley Baxter Bloome