assonance

Assonance is defined as the act of repeating a vowel sound in a phrase or sentence, often in poetry.

(noun)

An example of assonance in a sentence would be the repeated use of the /oo/ sound in the sentence, “True, I do like Sue.”

The definition of assonance is something that is similar, particularly in reference to sound.

(noun)

An example of assonance would be the similarity between the short e sound and the schwa sound.

See assonance in Webster's New World College Dictionary

noun

likeness of sound, as in a series of words or syllables
Prosody repetition of a vowel sound in stressed syllables in which the consonant sounds are unlike (Ex.: late, make)

Origin: Fr < L assonans, prp. of assonare, to sound in answer < ad-, to + sonare, sound, v.

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See assonance in American Heritage Dictionary 4

noun

Resemblance of sound, especially of the vowel sounds in words, as in: “that dolphin-torn, that gong-tormented sea” (William Butler Yeats).
The repetition of identical or similar vowel sounds, especially in stressed syllables, with changes in the intervening consonants, as in the phrase tilting at windmills.
Rough similarity; approximate agreement.

Origin:

Origin: French

Origin: , from Latin assonāre, to respond to

Origin: : ad-, ad-

Origin: + sonāre, to sound; see swen- in Indo-European roots

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