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.

My Dog Likes to Disco

My Cat Knows Karate

It’s Winter Vacation

I Bought a Maserati

The Dog Ate Our Dinner

We Bought a Lot of Candy Bars

My Puppy Punched Me in the Eye

AstroCow

My Flat Cat

An Ogre Came over for Dinner

Candy Andy

I Tried to Take a Selfie

My Koala’s Not a Doctor

Saturday’s My Lazy Day

I’d Like to Be a Movie Star

Our Holiday Shopping

My Favorite Word is Floofy

On New Year’s Day

Elaine the Complainer

After Thanksgiving

This Morning Is Our History Test

Bob’s Job

Bradley Bentley Baxter Bloome

Hip-Hop Christmas