English-Literary Devices

Here are some more terms for students to add to their flash cards:

Alliteration: The repetition of initial sounds in neighbouring words, e.g., sweet smell of success.

Assonance: The repetition of vowel sounds, e.g., Moses knows his toes smell like roses.

Consonance: The repetition of a consonant sound within a series of words to produce harmonious effect, e.g., and each slow dusk a drawing-down of blinds.