Consonance Worksheets

Related ELA Standard: RF.1.3a

Core Standard
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Consonance is a technique often used by authors to repeat consonant sounds in words that near each other. The sound can repeat from anywhere within the word. Using this technique authors can create a rhyme or harmony with a sentence. Most forms of consonance take place at the end of words. These worksheets will start off with identifying uses of this literary device and towards the end; students will be required to create their own open use of this technique.

Consonance Worksheets To Print:

Consonance Exercise – Saying these aloud really helps a great deal.

Writing with Consonance – Use consonance to describe the following people, places and things.

Which Uses It? – You are presented with phrases now, instead of just words.

Recognizing Consonance – Have this next to you the next time you read a good book.

Are You Missing Something? – Add that single missing link to finish it off.

'Twas Later When the Summer Went – For each word from the poem identified below, write down whether it functions with the other words in the poem primarily as alliteration or consonance.

Consonance in Poetry – As you read the assignment, record at least four examples of consonance.

Recorded Poetry – Include an adverbial clause for each as indicated in parentheses.

Deep In It... – Underline the sounds in each quotation that create consonance.

Poetry Analysis – As you read the assignment, record at least three examples of consonance that you notice.

Assonance or Consonance? – Write on the line whether each set of words creates assonance or consonance.

Picking Apart Poetry – For each line of the poem, if consonance is used, write consonance. If there is no consonance in the line, leave the line blank.

Creating Consonance – Add a word or words to each word provided below to create consonance.

Creating Effect with Sound – Use consonance to make descriptions of the following people, places and things interesting and memorable.

Getting Reps... – Try your own hand at consonance. Compose a few lines of poetry that make use of this device.

How Are Consonance and Assonance Related?

Both of these techniques are often used to form poetry and other harmonic forms of language. Essential using either technique comes down to which letter form (consonant or vowel) you are working with. Consonance focuses on repeating sounds that consonants make; whereas assonance is repetitious with the use of vowels. Both forms of literary devices are not dependent on where the sound comes from within the word. They have a paramount role in most works of classic literature. My old professor would tell us that writers that used it well were seen as the masters of writing literature.


Many students often get the two mixed up. They know that both have to do with rhyming, but forget which letter type each is focused on. Remember consonance basically has the word constant in it. Assonance starts with a vowel.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 



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