sound Flashcards
1
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alliteration
A
the occurrence of the same letter or sound at the beginning of adjacent or closely connected words.
2
Q
onomatopoeia
A
the formation of a word from a sound associated with what is named (e.g. cuckoo, sizzle
3
Q
assonance
A
in poetry, the repetition of the sound of a vowel or diphthong in nonrhyming stressed syllables near enough to each other for the echo to be discernible
4
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consonance
A
the recurrence of similar sounds, especially consonants, in close proximity (chiefly as used in prosody).
5
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dissonance
A
A disruption of harmonic sounds or rhythms.
