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When you read poetry, pay attention to features often used with
poetic language. For example, poems often include repetition, which
occurs when a line or a sequence of lines appears more than once.
Assonance is the repetition of the same or similar vowel sounds in
a series of words, usually words with different consonant sounds.
Repetition and assonance give poems a musical quality and rhythm.
Read the poem. Then answer the questions.
1 There once was a fi lly named Blaze,
2 Who wouldn’t come out of the rain.
3 First that fi lly got soaked.
4 Then she grew hoarse and croaked,
5 Which put out that fi lly named Blaze.
1. In which lines do you see repetition?
2. What is the example of assonance in the repeated words?
3. What other examples of assonance do you see in line 1?
4. What is the example of assonance in line 2?
5. Is there an example of assonance in line 3?
6. Is there an example of assonance in line 4?
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Black Cowboy Wild Horses
Grade 5/Unit 2
Practice
Literary Elements:
Repetition, Assonance
At Home: Together with a family member or helper, write
out the words to another poem. Underline words and lines
that are repeated. Then circle examples of assonance.
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