Assonance

//__Assonance __//


 * Definition:: **The repetition of the sound of a vowel or diphthong in nonrhyming stressed syllables near enough to each other for the echo to be discernible.


 * Origin:: E ** arly 18th century French, from Latin //assonare 'Respond to'// and //sonare// '//sound'//


 * See also:: **Alliteration

Definition taken from (oxforddictionaries.com)


 * Examples ** from text:

1) An example of assonance is displayed in //Story of an Hour// by Kate Chopin. In the beginning of the story Mrs. Mallard has heart trouble and her sister Josephine must inform her sister as gently as possible of her husbands death, to not cause any heart problems. Chopin uses assonance to strengthen the significance of the hesitance and care that Josephine uses. Chopin states "veiled hints that revealed in half concealing" (Chopin, 6). This is an example of assonance as it uses three continuous nonryhming stressed syllables to emphasize the care taken to break the news of her husbands death.

(In, //Story of an Hour// the belief of Mrs. Mallards husbands death is the basis of the story. Her husband ended up being alive after a false assumption of his death and once he returned home Mrs. Mallard instantly died.)

2) Assonance is displayed in //Poetry at Six// by Lisa Sarasohn. Wanda states "The 'er' sound in 'nurse' and 'work'" and Mr. Treadwell responds "We call that 'assonance' in the trade" (Sarasohn).

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