Enjoy these activities to help teach the skill sound devices to your students.
Definitions
Onomatopoeia: The imitation of natural sounds in word form. These words help us form mental pictures about the things, people, or places that are described.
Example:
• buzz
• hiss
• roar
• woof
• bang
• pop
• hiss
• sizzle
Alliteration: Several words in a row begin with the same sound. Words in between may not start with the same sound as long as they don’t interrupt the pattern.
Example: The snake slithers secretly across the sand.
Repetition: One or more words are repeated to show urgency or importance.
Example: Stop, stop, stop!!
Assonance: The repetition of vowel sounds within a sentence or phrase.
Example: The early bird catches the worm.
Consonance: The repetition of consonant sounds within or at the end of words in a sentence or phrase.
Example: The lumpy, bumpy road.
