How to write creatively l Figures of speech l Assonance
Assonance
Assonance is the repetition of vowel sounds. For example:
fr ee and br ee zy
m a ke the gr a de.
Part 1
Highlight the assonance in these sentences. The first one has been done for you.
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We fear the storm is near.
My mummy’s yummy chocolate cake never lasts long.
The price of rice is thrice that of last week.
I long for a song.
The girl with a pearl, made a swirl and a whirl.
Next time we will wine and dine.
There was a crunch and munch as he ate the apple.
Ben had ten pens.
We had fun in the sun.
The pig in a wig did a jig.
Part 2
Have a go at writing your own sentences using assonance. The first one has been
done for you.
Hint: be as creative as you want to be!
1. brain, drain, fame
Sometimes the fame gets to your brain and all you feel is drained.
2. tea, bee, tree
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Part 2
3. take, make, cake
4. buy, try, cry
5. light, fright, bright
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Part 3
In this activity you will need to look for examples of assonance around you.
1. Find examples of businesses, shops or organisations that use assonance to make
their names catchy.
2. Find examples of newspaper headlines that use assonance to make their headlines
grab your attention.
Hint: check out the sports pages.
3. Many advertising slogans use assonance to make their slogans popular. Can you
find any examples?
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