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Assonance vs. Consonance
Assonance
/ˈæsənəns/Examples:
The poem's assonance lures readers with its musical quality.Through soft assonance, the speech became more engaging.Assonance added a lyrical tone to the author's prose.
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Consonance
/ˈkɑːnsənəns/Examples:
The project succeeded due to its team consonance.Our thoughts reached consonance during the discussion.Consonance in design ensures visual harmony.
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Ways to tell them apart:
- Assonance refers to the repetition of vowel sounds within nearby words, making them sound similar without necessarily rhyming.
- Consonance involves the repetition of consonant sounds, usually at the end or middle of words, which helps create rhythm or emphasis in a phrase.
- A helpful mnemonic is that assonance starts with a vowel (A) and relates to vowel sounds.
- Consonance, starting with the consonant C, deals primarily with repeating consonants.
- Remember the word harmony when you think of consonance, as it often contributes to the pleasing sound in a sentence.
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