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== Sound techniques == ===Rhyme=== {{main article|Rhyme}} The repetition of identical or similar sounds, usually accented vowel sounds and succeeding consonant sounds at the end of words, and often at the ends of lines of prose or poetry.<ref name="AJ820">{{harvp|Arp|Johnson|2009|p=820}}</ref> For example, in the following lines from [[Loveliest of trees, the cherry now|a poem]] by [[A. E. Housman]], the last words of both lines rhyme with each other. : Loveliest of trees, the cherry '''now''' : Is hung with bloom along the '''bough''' ===Alliteration=== [[Alliteration]] is the repetition of consonant sounds at the beginning of words. :''Example:'' "...'''m'''any a '''m'''an is '''m'''aking friends with death/ Even as I speak, for '''l'''ack of '''l'''ove a'''l'''one." (Edna St. Vincent Millay's "Sonnet 30"). Alliteration is used by an author to create emphasis, to add beauty to the writing style, and occasionally to aid in shaping the mood. It is also used to create a rhythm and musical effect on the reader's mind as well. ===Assonance=== {{main article|Assonance}} Similar to alliteration, in which vowel sounds are repeated. They are usually in the middle of a word.<ref name="AJ820"/> :''Example:'' "batter that mattered", "the blue bulging plug." ===Consonance=== {{main article|Literary consonance}} Similar to alliteration, but the consonants are at the ends of words.<ref name="AJ820"/> :''Example:'' "odds and ends", "short and sweet". ===Rhythm=== It is most important in poetry, but also used in prose for emphasis and aesthetic gain. ''Example:'' The fallibly irrevocable cat met its intrinsic match in the oppositional form of a dog. ===Onomatopoeia=== {{main article|Onomatopoeia}} This includes words that sound like their meaning or imitations of sounds. ''Example:'' "The bees were buzzing"
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