Sound Effects

Question 1

Alliteration

Answer 1

Repetition of consonant sounds often at the beginning or endings of words. This technique can create a hard or soft effect depending on the letters used.

Question 2

Sibilance

Answer 2

Use of consonants “s” and “z” to create a hissing sound.

Question 3

Plosive

Answer 3

Pronounced with a sudden release of breath; b’s and p’s are plosive, they blow out the sound.

Question 4

Assonance

Answer 4

Repetition of a vowel sound.

Question 5

Onomatopoeia

Answer 5

The sound of the word resembles the sound of the object or action that it describes.

Question 6

Rhyme

Answer 6

Matching of end words to create effects. Rhyme can be used in a variety of ways, check for alternate rhyme scheme or rhyming couplets.

Question 7

Rhythm (beat or meter)

Answer 7

Patterns created by the word order. You may find iambic pentameter; a line of 10 syllables in which one unstressed syllable is followed by one stressed syllable. Find out what pattern the dactyl; trochaic and anapaest are.