How Poets Achieve Effect Through Sound Devices  Onomatopoeia : A word that mimics its sound: splash, boom, crash, swish, whoosh  Alliteration : Repetition of consonant sounds: Peter Piper Picked a Peck of Pickled Peppers  Consonance : Repetition of sounds within words: all m a mm als na m ed Sa m are cla mm y  Slant Rhyme/ Near Rhyme : Words that almost rhyme:  Rap rejects my tape deck, ejects pro jectile /Whether Je w or gentile I rank top per centile. – The Fugees  Assonance : Repetition of vowel sounds: Aunt Annie ate eight apples
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