Sound Devices: elements of literature and poetry that emphasize sound
ALLITERATION: The repetition of the same sounds at the beginning of two ore more adjacent words EXAMPLE 1: Dew Drops Dancing Down Daisy EXAMPLE 2: See Sally Sell Sea Shells down by the Sea Shore
ONOMATOPEOIA: Words that imitate sounds where words sound like what they mean EXAMPLE: BUZZ, BOOM, POP, MEOW
REPETITION: A device where words sound, or ideas are repeated EXAMPLE 1: “Isabel, Isabel” EXAMPLE 2: “I have a dream” – MLK Jr. speech at the March on Washington
RHYME: A word ending that sounds similar to the ending of another word EXAMPLE: Humpty Dumpty sat on a wall Humpty Dumpty had a great fall
RHYME SCHEME: The pattern of rhyme between lines of a poem – end rhyme only AABBCC… ABABAB….