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Alliteration Assonance and Consonance
Includes questions related the use of the sames sounds or consonants at the beginning of words or repetition of similar sounding vowels or consonants.
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What is the difference of consonance and assonance?
Consonance- using the same consonant multiple times in succession. Assonance- repetition of vowel sounds in words in short succession.
What is an example of alliteration?
The baby is bundled up with blankets near the burning log.
The Wicked Witch of the West is another example of alliteration.
Is there assonance in the poem 'Incident' by Countee Cullen?
Assonance is repetition of vowel sounds, and is related to rhyming. As such, the rhyming in Incident by Countee Cullen does include assonance.
How is the letter h phonetically said?
Sesame Street had a good show on that once. The sound is different than saying H. It's more like Huh. It's the first sound when you say home, horse, or hair.
What figure of speech is babysitter in the bush?
Alliteration, I would believe, as the same letter is used as the first letter in both of the main words.
Do one of Tupac's songs have assonance?
Yes it does include assonance, you just have to read it properly, then you'll findit.
What is the alliteration for green grapes?
An alliteration is the use of the same letter or sound at the beginning of a series of words. In this case, both green and grape begin with the same letter. Another example might be something like: Green grapes are great gourmet goodies.
The J-3 Cub aircraft were born from Piper Aircraft engineer Walter Jamouneau's changes to the existing J-2 design. Even before J-3 Cub aircraft went into production, war had already broken out in Asia, while armed conflict in Europe seemed imminent; thus, on 27 Dec 1938, President of the United States Franklin Roosevelt announced a Civilian Pilot Training Program ("CPTP") that would train civilians piloting skills in preparation of war, and J-3 Cub aircraft became the primary trainer aircraft of the program. Between 1938 and 1944, over 75 percent of 435,165 pilots who graduated from the program were trained in J-3 Cub aircraft. As the United States entered the war, civilian J-3 Cub aircraft patrolled both coasts of the United States, spotting for enemy submarines. Very soon, the United States military placed their order for J-3 Cub aircraft. The military variant, with enlarged Plexiglas windows, was designated L-4 Grasshopperby the US Army and O-59/NE-1 Grasshopper by the United States Navy and Marine Corps. Grasshopper aircraft were used extensively for reconnaissance, transport of supplies, and evacuation of wounded. Some US Army Grasshopper aircraft were equipped with infantry rocket launchers to support ground troops, and they fulfilled their ground support missions effectively. Production of J-3 Cub and L-4/O-59/NE-1 Grasshopper aircraft continued until 1947; a total of 19,073 were built during the design's production life, most being the L-4 variant. At the height of demand, one aircraft was built every 20 minutes. A few remained in service with the US Army through the Korean War, though most were scrapped or sold to the civilian market as surplus. Quoted from
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What are some examples of figurative language?
Metaphor:
- The Wren fright song was music to the cheering fans.
- The fluorescent light was the sun during our test.
- The giants stomps were thunder while he walked to Jack.
Simile:
- The Hurricanes ran down the field like a freight train.
- The team jumped up an down like jumping beans after they won and got a scholarship.
Hyperbole
- I felt as fat as a house after I ate all those cheese sticks.
- I got a million gifts for my birthday.
- I was dead by the time I came back from work.
Alliteration:
- Careless cars cutting corners cause confusion.
- Through three cheese tress three fleas flew.
Onomatopoeia:
- The race car whizzed around the track at an ineradicable speed.
Personification:
- Snow had wrapped a large white blanket around the city.
- The winter trees were robed in white.
- The flowers were crying for attention.
Metaphors, similes, personification, hyperbole and onomatopoeias are just a few.
What is a number alliteration?
A number alliteration is when each line starts with its number and all the words in the line start with same sound (ex line 2: Two Toms tapped there tippity tappity toes)
Example of alliteration in the play antigone?
Yes, there is alliteration in "Antigone" by Sophocles (495 B.C.E. - 405 B.C.E.).
Specifically, alliteration refers to a literary device whereby at least two words in succession begin with the same letter. Any example from the play is dependent upon the particular edition or language being used. But one early example from one of the English translations of the original Greek text has Theban Princess Ismene describe her sister, Princess Antigone, as having a "hot heart for chilling deeds" in the Prologue.
Bologna History:
The Lighter Side of History
(Which means some historical fact and whole lot of bologna)
There are some who believe it was Whistler's mother who invented whistling but this is not true. It was Whistler's great, great, great, great, great, great, great, grandfather, Cyrus Whistler who invented whistling which is the source of that family name. Cyrus Whistler was a merchant in Europe who often traveled to far off and distant lands. One time while in China, he was running late for a meeting with some clients and in a hurry to catch a ride with one of the many ricshaw's hurriedly bustling about the busy streets of Hong Kong. In frustration at his inability to grab the attention of these ricshaws, many of them being occupied, he kept yelling "Hey!" to them but to no avail. Finally, in great frustration he placed his forefinger and his little finger in his mouth, as he often did when angry, to bite them and as he was doing this, he also began cursing but the combination of the two instead created a loud shrill sound that grabbed the attention of many ricshaw "drivers" as well as many bystanders. Being quite pleased with this new found method of attention getting he went back home to Europe and began to impress friends and family with this new and delightful noise. Later, at some point, he called the noise whilstling.
Editors note:
Both the Society of Uptight and Really, Really, Serious Historians, (S.U.R.R.S.H.), and the Society of Uppity and Artistic and Vainglorious Educators, (S.U.A.V.E.), object strongly to this total fabrication above. While it is true that the story behind the painting of Whistler's Mother is varied and much of unverifiable that does not excuse the willful fabrications made by the contributor above. The family of James McNeill Whistler does not include any geneologhy of a Cyrus Whistler and the claims that whistling was invented by a merchant on a trip to Hong Kong is unverifiable and given the history of this contributor most likely false.
Oh okay, fine. If it is facts you want, I can happily oblige. Whistling is a vocal call or aerophone instrument that produces the same forced air sound. However, "historically" speaking, whistling finds its roots in China where acorns were used by night watchmen to alert the town of Mongol invaders. Also in Egypt, two blades of papyrus were held in the palm of ones hand to produce a loud vibration that sounds like a whistle. Happy?
Editors note:
S.U.R.R.S.H. will never be happy as long as you are allowed to continue your historical jiberjabber but confirms the veracity of this paragraph.
Care to confirm the dullness of it? Let's face it, "real" history is just too boring and so is history told by the Victors. I have never yet met a Victor capable of telling a story worth listening to.
Ahem.
All right, all right, I'm going.
What is an intervocalic consonant?
A consonant placed between two vowels is an intervocalic consonant.
What are slogans with alliterations?
Some are:
"You'll never put a better bit of butter on your knife"
-Country Life Butter
"The daily diary of the American dream"
-Wall Street Journal
"Guinness is good for you"
-Guinness Beer
"What we want is Watney's"
-Watney's Beer
"Live life loud"
-I-home
"Stanley Steemer is your carpet cleaner"
-Stanley steemer carpet cleaning
"Crash" has four consonants and one vowel. The "A" is the vowel.
