Identifying Assonance

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Identifying Assonance

• Assonance the repetition of vowel sounds
  followed by different consonants in two or more
  stressed syllables.
• Listen for same vowel sounds
• After the vowel a different consonant
• Two or more stressed syllables
• Baste and bake
• Cake and raisins
• Broke open
• Bugs bunny
• Weak and weary

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Assonance, page 2

• Red Peppers
• Bleak December
• Forgiveness I implore
• Space station
• Spitting image
• Cream cheese
• Paper plates
• Pickled pig feet
• Pac man
• Duck hunt
• Punch bug