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"Assonance" is the repetition of vowel sounds.

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Definition for the word alliteration?

The consecutive repetition of vowel sounds.


What is a repetition of letters in a word called?

Alliteration is the repetition of the same consonant sounds and assonance is the repetition of the same vowel sounds.


Words have the same ending consonant sound but the vowel sounds are different such as that and hit?

Consonance, as opposed to assonance of vowel sounds or alliteration of sounds at the beginning of words.


What is the antonym for alliteration?

The antonym for alliteration is assonance. Alliteration involves the repetition of consonant sounds at the beginning of words, while assonance involves the repetition of vowel sounds within words.


Is repeating consonant sounds in a sequence of words?

No, consonance is the repetition of consonants. A more specific form of consonance is alliteration, where the first consonant of a word is repeated. Assonance is the repetition of vowel sounds.


What term is defined as repetiton of vowel sounds without the repetition of consonants?

Repeated vowel sounds is assonance.Repeated consonant sounds (in a word or words) is consonance.The repetition of stressed consonants is called alliteration.


What is repetition of vowel sounds within a word called?

The repetition of vowel sounds within a word is called vowel rhyme.


What is the poetc name is this called more than word beginning with the same sound on a line?

The repetition of consonant sounds in a sentence is called alliteration. The repetition of vowel sounds is called assonance. Alliteration: "big, bouncing, beautiful balls" Assonance: "fat-assed amateurs"


What is the repetition of vowel sounds called?

The repetition of a vowel sound is called "assonance."For example: Aardvarks are ambushing Alex and Andrew aggressively.*Not every word has to have the same sound.The related term "alliteration" refers to either consonant or vowel sounds used as beginning sounds in a number of words.For example: Lola picked the lovely lilacs.


What is the repetition of consonants called in poetry?

Assonance is the similarity of sounds in words or syllables or rhyme in which the same vowel sounds are used with different consonants.eg rhyming sultana with banana or mothers with loversThe repetition of the same sounds or of the same kinds of sounds at the beginning of words or in stressed syllables, as in "on scrolls of silver snowy sentences"Therefore, the repetition of a vowel sound, or ANY sound, at the start of a word is called alliteration.


Why is assonance often subtler than alliteration?

Consonant sounds tend to be stronger than vowel sounds.


Which best explains what assonance is?

The repetition of vowel sounds - APEX