Consonance

//__Consonance __//


 * Definition:: **The recurrence of similar sounds, especially consonants, in close proximity (chiefly as used in prosody)


 * Origin:: **Late Middle English - from Old French, or from Latin //consonantia,// from //consonant-//'sounding together', from the verb //consonare//


 * See also:: **Assonace, Alliteration, Rhyming

Definition taken from: "consonance". Oxford Dictionaries. April 2010. Oxford Dictionaries. April 2010. Oxford University Press. http://oxforddictionaries.com/definition/consonance?region=us (accessed October 12, 2011).


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