Analyzing and Interpreting Literature / Unit 6 AIL 0534 short lesson, about 20 seconds
Telling the Two Apart
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The idea
Ask one question: is the repeated sound a consonant or a vowel. Storm strewn sea repeats the letter s, a consonant, so it is alliteration. Rapid rattle repeats the short a, a vowel, so it is assonance. The test is that simple and it is reliable.
In practice
Consonant or vowel: that is the test.
Where people slip
One question settles it every time.
Your place on the trail
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