poetic device: Assonance

Assonance is when nearby words share the same vowel sounds, especially on their stressed (or accented) syllables, such as “tiny dinosaur” (which share a long “i” sound) or “random hat” (which share a short “a” sound).

These poems all include at least one instance of assonance. See if you can the assonant words in these poems.

We Bought a Lot of Candy Bars

My Cat Knows Karate

My Flat Cat

My Puppy Punched Me in the Eye

I Bought a Maserati

An Ogre Came over for Dinner

I Tried to Take a Selfie

Bradley Bentley Baxter Bloome

After Thanksgiving

My Favorite Word is Floofy

When Frankenstein Sat Down to Dine

Bob’s Job

A Hippo Is Bounding around on My Head

I’m Clever Whenever

A Goat in a Landfill

Random Miranda

You’re Not Supposed to Touch Your Face

This Morning Is Our History Test

Wayne the Stegosaurus

A Tiny, Spiny Dinosaur

That Explains It!

Today’s My Favorite Holiday

Larry the Librarian

A Valentine for Mom