Phonological patterns

Question 1

alliteration

Answer 1

Alliteration is the repetition of phonemes at the beginning of words in a phrase,
clause or sentence.

Those are pretty practical pants you’re wearing.

Question 2

assonance

Answer 2

Assonance is the repetition of vowel phonemes across phrases, clauses or sentences

The fleet of jeeps drove through the streets.

Question 3

consonance

Answer 3

Consonance refers to the repetition of consonant phonemes, often at syllable-
final boundaries.

The bees in the trees buzzed with ease.

Question 4

onomatopoeia

Answer 4

Onomatopoeia is the process by which evocative words are created from the
sounds they represent.

The crow squawked loudly, causing a rustle in the bushes.

Question 5

rhythm

Answer 5

Rhythm is created when the intonation of a set of words is repeated across two
or more phrases, clauses or sentences.

Once upon a midnight dreary, while I pondered, weak and weary. – Edgar
Allen Poe

Question 6

rhyme

Answer 6

Rhyme refers to the repetition of similar phonemes at the ends of two or more
words. This entails the direct manipulation of consonance and assonance in
word-final syllables.

The potato cake was fake.