Sound Devices Flashcards
What is alliteration? Give an example(s).
Alliteration is the occurrence of the same letter or sound at the beginning of adjacent or closely connected words.
Examples:
- Betty Botter by Carolyn Wells: “”Betty Botter bought some butter, But she said the butter’s bitter, If I put it in my batter, It will make my batter bitter”
- The Raven by Edgar Allan Poe: “Once upon a midnight dreary, while I pondered, weak and weary, Over many a quaint and curious volume of forgotten lore—While I nodded, nearly napping, suddenly there came a tapping,”
- Peter Piper by John Harris: “Peter Piper picked a peck of pickled peppers, A peck of pickled peppers Peter Piper picked; If Peter Piper picked a peck of pickled peppers, Where’s the peck of pickled peppers Peter Piper picked?”
What is assonance? Give an example(s).
Assonance is the repetition of the vowel sound across words within the lines of a poem.
Examples:
- Bells by Edgar Allan Poe: “Hear the mellow wedding bells, Golden bells! What a world of happiness their harmony foretells!”
- The Raven by Edgar Allan Poe: “Ah, distinctly I remember it was in the bleak December, And each separate dying ember wrought its ghost upon the floor. Eagerly I wished the morrow; - vainly I had sought to borrow, From my books surcease of sorrow - sorrow for the lost Lenore - For the rare and radiant maiden whom the angels named Lenore - Nameless here for evermore”
What is consonance? Give an example(s).
Consonance occurs when two words have the same consonant sound following different vowel sounds.
Examples:
- The Acrobats by Shel Silverstein: “I’ll swing by my ankles. She’ll cling to your knees. As you hang by your nose, From a high-up trapeze. But just one thing, please, As we float through the breeze, Don’t sneeze.”
- ‘Twas Later When the Summer Went by Emily Dickinson: “‘Twas later when the summer went, Than when the cricket came, And yet we knew that gentle clock, Meant nought but going home. ‘Twas sooner when the cricket went, Than when the winter came, Yet that pathetic pendulum, Keeps esoteric time.”
- Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening by Robert Frost: “He gives his harness bells a shake, To ask if there is some mistake. The only other sound’s the sweep, Of easy wind and downy flake.”
What is onomatopoeia? Give an example(s).
A figure of speech in which the sound of a word imitates its sense, for example, “choo-choo,” “hiss,” or “buzz”.
Examples:
- The Bells by Edgar Allan Poe: “How they clang, and clash, and roar!”
- Cynthia in the Snow by Gwendolyn Brooks: “It SHUSHES, It hushes, The loudness in the road.”
- Rain Dance Poem by Victoria Reome: “Drip drop dance, Ping ting sing, Pitter patter rhyme”
- Piddle-Paddle by Jaymie Gerard: “Piddle-paddle, piddle-paddle, splash, splash, splash”
- Running water by Lee Emmett: “water plops into pond, splish-splash downhill, warbling magpies in tree, trilling, melodic thrill”
- Splash Splash by Jennifer Betts: “The drip, drop of the rain. It’s time to run. A big jump. Splish splash goes the puddle. SQUEAL! And the child giggles happily.”
What is complete rhyme? Give an example(s).
Sometimes called exact, full or true, a perfect rhyme is the typical rhyme where the ending sounds match exactly. Examples include: cat and hat. egg and beg.
Example:
The Highwayman by Alfred Noyes: “THE wind was a torrent of darkness among the gusty trees, The moon was a ghostly galleon tossed upon cloudy seas”
What is partial rhyme? Give an example(s).
Partial rhyme-also called half rhyme or imperfect rhyme-is a rhyme in which the stressed syllables of ending consonants match, however the preceding vowel sounds do not match.
Examples:
- Poems by Sing-Song by Christina Rossetti: “Bread and milk for breakfast, And woolen frocks to wear, And a crumb for robin redbreast, On the cold days of the year.
- A Cradle Song by William Blake: “Sweet dreams, from a shade, O’er my lovely infant’s head! Sweet dreams of pleasant streams, By happy, silent, moony beams!”
- Hope is the Thing with Feathers by Emily Dickson: “Hope” is the thing with feathers, That perches in the soul, And sings the tune without the words, And never stops – at all.”
- Baa Baa Black Sheep Nursery Rhyme: ”Baa-baa, black sheep, have you any wool?Yes, Sir, yes, Sir, three bags full. One for my master, one for my dame, And one for the little boy who lives down the lane.”
What is internal rhyme? Give an example(s).
In poetry, internal rhyme, or middle rhyme, is rhyme that occurs within a single line of verse, or between internal phrases across multiple lines.
Examples:
- Don’t Stop Believing by Journey: “A singer in a smoky room, the smell of wine and cheap perfume, Working hard to get my fill, everybody wants a thrill, Some will win, some will lose, some were born to sing the blues”
- The Raven by Edgar Allan Poe: “Once upon a midnight dreary, while I pondered, weak and weary, Over many a quaint and curious volume of forgotten lore, While I nodded, nearly napping, suddenly there came a tapping, As of someone gently rapping, rapping at my chamber door. ‘Tis some visitor,’ I muttered, ‘tapping at my chamber door; Only this, and nothing more.’”
What is end rhyme? Give an example(s).
End rhyme is when the last syllables within a verse rhyme. This type of rhyme is the most commonly used in English poetry.
Examples:
- Interview by Dorothy Parker: “The ladies men admire, I’ve heard, Would shudder at a wicked word.”
- Because I could not stop for Death by Emily Dickson ( rhyme scheme: ABCB ): Because I could not stop for Death – He kindly stopped for me – The Carriage held but just Ourselves – And Immortality.
- Horton Hears a Who by Dr. Seuss ( rhyme scheme: AABB ): “On the fifteenth of May, in the jungle of Nool, In the heat of the day, in the cool of the pool, He was splashing… enjoying the jungle’s great joys…When Horton the elephant heard a small noise.”
