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Difficulty: EasySound Devices and Musicality

Match each poetic extract below with the primary sound device it exemplifies.

  • Silent shadows slip slowly through the street.Alliteration
  • Try to light the fire bright tonight.Assonance
  • The stroke of luck broke the thick lock.Consonance
  • The grandfather clock chimed and ticked in the hall.Onomatopoeia

Answer

The extracts correctly match their respective sound devices: the line with repeating initial consonant sounds matches Alliteration; the line with repeating internal vowel sounds matches Assonance; the line with repeating terminal consonant sounds matches Consonance; and the line containing sound-imitating words matches Onomatopoeia.
Each extract is correctly paired based on its primary phonetic feature: initial consonant sound repetition corresponds to Alliteration, internal vowel sound repetition corresponds to Assonance, terminal consonant sound repetition corresponds to Consonance, and sound-mimicking words correspond to Onomatopoeia.

Step-by-Step Solution

1
Examine the line 'Silent shadows slip slowly through the street.'
Identify the repetition of the initial consonant sound /s/ in close succession.
Alliteration is defined by the repetition of initial consonant sounds in neighboring words.
2
Examine the line 'Try to light the fire bright tonight.'
Identify the repetition of the internal long vowel sound /aɪ/ in 'Try', 'light', 'fire', 'bright', and 'tonight'.
Assonance is defined by the repetition of identical or similar vowel sounds within nearby words.
3
Examine the line 'The stroke of luck broke the thick lock.'
Identify the repetition of the final consonant sound /k/ in 'stroke', 'luck', 'broke', 'thick', and 'lock'.
Consonance is the repetition of terminal or internal consonant sounds in close proximity.
4
Examine the line 'The grandfather clock chimed and ticked in the hall.'
Identify words ('chimed', 'ticked') that directly evoke auditory sounds.
Onomatopoeia involves using words that imitate the actual sound of the action or object described.

Key Concept

Identification of Poetic Sound Devices
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Topics

Sound Devices and Musicality

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