Comparison workshop

ConsonanceversusAssonanceWhat's the Difference?

Both repeat speech sounds, but assonance patterns vowels and consonance patterns consonants.

Read the pair

How They Differ

First idea

Consonance

Consonance repeats consonant sounds.

versus

Second idea

Assonance

Assonance repeats vowel sounds.

See the signal

Examples

Consonance

The blank trunk sank.

Assonance

The slow boat rolled home.