assonance
Let an agent identify and explain assonance, distinguish it from related sound devices, and support writing and analysis of texts.
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Purpose and description
Let an agent identify and explain assonance, distinguish it from related sound devices, and support writing and analysis of texts.
A literary and poetic device in which vowel sounds are repeated in nearby words, creating internal rhyme, mood and musicality, as distinct from alliteration of consonants and full rhyme; assonance is used in poetry, prose, song lyrics and rhetoric and is analysed in literary study.
What it is for: Poetry, prose style and rhetoric.
It can be identify assonance in a text; distinguish it from alliteration and rhyme; use assonance in writing; analyse its effect.
Distinguishing features
Vowel repetition
Sound-based
Creates mood and cohesion
Language-specific
What it looks like
Not physical; repeated vowel sounds in language.
How it is recognised
Repeated vowel sounds
Different consonants
Alliteration repeats consonant sounds
Related models
is a kind of - category
is a kind of - category
is related to - text units
is related to - rhetorical use
In practice
Families and kinds
assonance in poetry
assonance in prose
assonance in song lyrics
assonant rhyme in traditions such as Spanish verse
Standards and regulation
No regulation; literary terminology conventions
Failure modes and hazards
Confusing with alliteration or consonance
Judging by spelling rather than sound
Overuse in writing
Where this came from
wikidata · CC0 1.0
Drafted structure
Bundle to layer to finding to question, as the second pass will find it: 4 bundles · 8 layers · 8 findings · 16 questions.
Identify Finding assonance.
Sound, not spelling.
Find
Spotting assonance.
Find
Spotting.
- Where does assonance occur in this text, judged by sound rather than spelling? definition
- Which vowel sounds are repeated? definition
Distinguish
Related devices.
Distinguish
Related devices.
- Is this assonance, alliteration, consonance or rhyme? definition
- How do they combine? definition
Effect What assonance does.
Analysis.
Analyse
Analysing effect.
Analyse
Analysis.
- What effect does the assonance create in this passage, such as mood, pace or cohesion? definition
- How does it interact with metre? definition
Traditions
Assonance in traditions.
Traditions
Traditions.
- How is assonance used in this language or poetic tradition, such as assonant rhyme in Spanish or Old French verse? provenance
- Which examples are notable? provenance
Write Using assonance.
Craft.
Use
In writing.
Use
Writing.
- How can assonance be used in this poem, speech or lyric without overdoing it? action
- Which vowel sounds suit the mood? action
Lyrics
Songwriting.
Lyrics
Songwriting.
- How do songwriters and rappers use assonance and internal rhyme? provenance
- How does it support flow? definition
Teach Learning.
Education.
Teach
Teaching assonance.
Teach
Teaching.
- How can assonance be taught with reading aloud and examples? action
- Which misconceptions arise? provenance
Analysis
Computational analysis.
Analysis
Computational analysis.
- How can assonance be detected computationally from phonetic transcription? action
- What are the limits? boundary
What the second pass must settle
- Should sound devices be a single entry?
- How should literary glossaries be linked?
- How should language-specific traditions be linked?