Cornell Notes

Topic/Objective:

Name:

Hyperbole, Onomatopoeia, Consonance,Class/Period:

Alliteration, & Assonance
Date:
Essential Question:Why
Questions:

Summary:

do authors use literary devices in their writing?

Notes:

What is a hyperbole?
A hyperbole is a figure
of speech that uses
exaggeration for
better emphasis.

What sounds better?

This book is heavy.
This book totally
weighs a ton!

Does the book

really weigh a
ton?

NO

As a writer or speaker, it
is your job to keep your
audience interested.
Using hyperboles, you can
better grasp the listeners
attention.

Lets hear some of your

examples. Can you
come up with a
commonly-used
hyperbole?

Here are a few.

Im so hungry, I could eat a
horse!
Ive told you a million
times!
She is as skinny as a
toothpick!

What is onomatopoeia?
Onomatopoeia is a
word that sounds like
its spelled.

Animal sounds
are the most
common form of
onomatopoeia.

Oink

Bark
Meow

Hiss

Remember,
onomatopoeia
MUST be a
word.

Is choo-choo
considered
onomatopoeia?
Choo is not a
word in the
dictionary.

NO

What examples
can you come up
with of
onomatopoeia?

What is consonance?
Consonance is the
repetition of
consonant sounds in
two or more words.

Take a look at these examples.

Josh likes to mash his hush
puppies.
Id love to move the stove.
She must eat toast or else
she turns into a beast.

Do not get consonance

confused with rhyme.
With consonance, the
vowels must have
different sounds.

Do these words rhyme or do

they contain consonance?
pitter, patter
bug, mug
dove, groove
stuck, stick
back, sack

consonance
rhyme
consonance
consonance
rhyme

Give an
example of
consonance.

What is alliteration?
Alliteration is the
repetition of
consonant sounds in
two or more words at
the beginning of the
words.

Alliteration is a form of
consonance.
Remember, it is the
repetition of sound, not
just the consonant.

Take a look at these examples.

Frank found friendly farm
animals on Friday.
Kim kicked a can in Canada.
Laura loves listening to
laughter.

Do these words contain

alliteration or consonance?
Peter, piper
ding, sang
friend, bind
Sally, sea
lucky, Laura

alliteration
consonance
consonance
alliteration
alliteration

Give an
example of
alliteration.

What is assonance?
Assonance is the
repetition of vowel
sounds in two or more
words.

Assonance is just like

consonance, except for that it
repeats vowel sounds.
A, E, I, O, U

Remember, it is the
repetition of sound, not
just the vowel.

Take a look at these examples.

We need to clean the street.
Who moved the group
meeting to Tuesday?
Jay is afraid of snakes.

Do these words contain

consonance, alliteration, or
assonance?

sew, note
same, numb
height, cry
jumping, Jack
they, crane

assonance
consonance
assonance
alliteration
assonance

What examples
can you come up
with of
assonance?

Write a sentence with an example of

each literary device we discussed today.

hyperbole
onomatopoeia
assonance
consonance
alliteration

You will have five sentences!