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.

Floyd the Coin Collector
Jake the Yo-Yo Maker
Belinda’s an Expert at Bathing
Boney Mahoney
The Monsters' Musical Contest by Kenn Nesbitt
The Monsters’ Musical Contest
Nile and Nate
Katy Ate a Crate of Dates
Ebb and Flo by Kenn Nesbitt
Eb and Flo
Buckaroo Huck

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