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

AstroCow

We Bought a Lot of Candy Bars

I Bought a Maserati

My Puppy Punched Me in the Eye

My Flat Cat

I Tried to Take a Selfie

An Ogre Came over for Dinner

Elaine the Complainer

My Favorite Word is Floofy

Bradley Bentley Baxter Bloome

My Koala’s Not a Doctor

After Thanksgiving

I’d Like to Be a Movie Star

Whenever It’s December

Bob’s Job

I’m Clever Whenever

A Goat in a Landfill

This Morning Is Our History Test

Springy Sidewalk

Random Miranda

The Noisy Boys from Boise

You’re Not Supposed to Touch Your Face