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

We Bought a Lot of Candy Bars

I Bought a Maserati

My Puppy Punched Me in the Eye

My Flat Cat

An Ogre Came over for Dinner

I Tried to Take a Selfie

My Favorite Word is Floofy

Bradley Bentley Baxter Bloome

I’d Like to Be a Movie Star

After Thanksgiving

Whenever It’s December

Bob’s Job

I’m Clever Whenever

A Goat in a Landfill

When Frankenstein Sat Down to Dine

This Morning Is Our History Test

Random Miranda

A Hippo Is Bounding around on My Head

You’re Not Supposed to Touch Your Face

Wayne the Stegosaurus

A Tiny, Spiny Dinosaur

Thanksgiving Dinner