Phonological Patterning

Question 1

Alliteration

Answer 1

repetition of sounds at the beginning of a word

Question 2

Assonance

Answer 2

repetition of a vowel sound

Question 3

Consonance

Answer 3

repetition of a consonant sound in the middle or at the end of a word

e.g. ‘same’ and ‘home’
‘blade’ and ‘blood’
‘flash’ and ‘flesh’

Question 4

Onomatopoeia

Answer 4

words that sound like what they mean

Question 5

Rhythm

Answer 5

stressing a syllable following with an unstressed one

e.g. pounding, going

Question 6

Rhyme

Answer 6

combination of assonance and consonance
e.g.
‘cat-hat’
‘door-floor’