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7952407436AlliterationThe repetition of a consonant sound in a line of verse or prose. (initial or internal)0
7952409112AssonanceThe repetition of two or more vowel sounds in successive words, which creates a kind of rime.1
7952411093CacophonyA harsh, discordant sound often mirroring the meaning of the context in which it is used2
7952411094EuphonyThe harmonious effect when the sounds of the words connect with the meaning in a way pleasing to the ear and mind.3
7952414498OnomatopoeiaAn attempt to represent a thing or action by a word that imitates the sound associated with it.4
7952417709RimeTwo or more words that contain an identical or similar vowel sound, usually accented, with following consonant sounds (if any) identical as well.5
7952419660ConsonanceA kind of rime in which the linked words share similar consonant sounds but have different vowel sounds.6
7952421395End rimeRime that occurs at the ends of lines.7
7952423259Internal rimeRime that occurs within a line of poetry.8
7952425468Masculine rimeEither a rime of one-syllable words or - in polysyllabic words - a rime on the stressed final syllables.9
7952429106Feminine rimeA rime of two or more syllables with stress on a syllable other than the last.10
7952431429Eye rimeA "false" rime in which the spelling of the words is alike, but the pronunciations differ.11

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