Editing Rhetorical device (section)

==Sonic devices==
Sonic devices depend on sound. Sonic rhetoric is used as a clearer or swifter way of communicating content in an understandable way. Sonic rhetoric delivers messages to the reader or listener by prompting a certain reaction through auditory perception.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Rhetorical Strategies for Sound Design and Auditory Display: A Case Study |url=http://www.ijdesign.org/index.php/IJDesign/article/view/1201/577 |access-date=2020-10-29 |website=International Journal of Design}}</ref><ref name="Crews-Anderson 2007 no page" />{{page needed|date=January 2023}}

=== Alliteration ===

[[Alliteration]] is the repetition of the sound of an initial consonant or consonant cluster in subsequent syllables.<ref name="Reedsy" /><ref name="Harris Handbook" />{{blockquote|Small showers last long but sudden storms are short. |Shakespeare |[[Richard II (play)|Richard II]] 2.1}}

=== Assonance ===
[[Assonance]] is the repetition of similar vowel sounds across neighbouring words.<ref name="Harris 2003 no page">{{Cite book|last=Harris, Robert A.|title=Writing with clarity and style : a guide to rhetorical devices for contemporary writers|year=2003|publisher=Pyrczak Pub|isbn=1-884585-48-5|location=Los Angeles |oclc=50825579}}</ref>{{page missing|date=January 2023}}

{{quote|Blow wind, swell billow and swim bark! |Shakespeare |[[Julius Caesar (play)|Julius Caesar]] 5.1}}

=== Consonance ===
[[Consonance]] is the repetition of consonant sounds across words which have been deliberately chosen. It is different from alliteration as it can happen at any place in the word, not just the beginning.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://literarydevices.net/consonance/|title=Consonance - Examples and Definition of Consonance|date=2013-11-03|website=Literary Devices|language=en-US|access-date=2020-03-24}}</ref>

In the following example, the ''k'' sound is repeated five times.

{{blockquote|...with streaks of light,
<br/>And flecked darkness like a drunkard reels... |Shakespeare |[[Romeo and Juliet]] 2.3}}

=== Cacophony ===
[[Cacophony]] refers to the use of unpleasant sounds, such as the [[Plosive consonants]] ''[[Voiceless velar stop|k]]'', ''[[Voiced velar stop|g]]'', ''[[Voiceless alveolar stop|t]]'', ''[[Voiced alveolar stop|d]]'', ''[[Voiceless bilabial stop|p]]'' and ''[[Voiced bilabial stop|b]]'', the [[Sibilant|hissing sounds]] ''[[Voiceless postalveolar fricative#Voiceless palato-alveolar fricative|sh]]'' and ''[[Voiceless alveolar fricative#Voiceless alveolar sibilant|s]]'', and also the [[Affricate consonant|affricates]] ''[[Voiceless postalveolar affricate|ch]]'' and ''[[Voiced postalveolar affricate|j]]'', in rapid succession in a line or passage, creating a harsh and discordant effect.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.literarydevices.com/cacophony/|title=Cacophony Examples and Definition|date=2015-08-14|website=Literary Devices|language=en|access-date=2020-03-24}}</ref>
{{blockquote|text=
Hear the loud alarum bells– <br/>Brazen bells! What tale of terror, now, their turbulency tells!<br/>In the startled ear of night<br/>How they scream out their affright!<br/>Too much horrified to speak,<br/>They can only shriek, shriek...
|author=[[Edgar Allan Poe]]
|title=[[The Bells (poem)|The Bells]]
}}

=== Onomatopoeia ===
[[Onomatopoeia]] is the use of words that attempt to emulate a sound. When used colloquially, it is often accompanied by multiple [[exclamation mark]]s and in [[all caps]]. It is common in comic strips and some cartoons.<ref name="Reedsy" /><ref name="Harris Handbook" />

Some examples: ''smek'', ''thwap'', ''kaboom'', ''ding-dong'', ''plop'', ''bang'' and ''pew''.