SOUND DEVICES

Name:_____________________________

Objective: Study the devices and the explanation of the devices. You must know and be able to explain the effect of the sound devices in the passages.

GLOSSARY Alliteration: Words beginning with the same consonant sound ex. “Peter Piper picked a pepper, and Run rocked rhymes,” Assonance: Repetition of vowel sounds (A E I O U) ex. “How now brown cow?”—the “ow” sound; “free and easy”—the “e” sound Consonance: Repetition of consonant sounds in the middle or at the end of words. ex. “first and last” “Odds and ends”—the “s” sound; “Stroke of luck”—the “ck” sound Onomatopoeia: Words that sound like their meaning. ex. “Doh!” “Boom!” “Buzz” “Hiss” “Bang” "click"

IDENTIFY Directions: Follow the steps below to identify the sound devices used in the short poem. Step 1: Underline the words beginning with the same consonant sound. (alliteration) Step 2: Draw a box around the repetition of consonant sounds in the MIDDLE or at the END of words. (consonance) Step 3: Circle the repetition of VOWEL sounds (A E I O U) (assonance) “The Turtle” by Ogden Nash The turtle lives ‘twixt plated decks Which practically conceal its sex. I think it clever of the turtle In such a fix to be so fertile.

Step 4: List the examples in the appropriate box in the table on the back of this page.

Sound Device

Examples of Sound Devices Being Used

Alliteration Consonance Assonance

What is the overall effect of the device(s) being used in the poem? What type of sounds are being made? Is it harsh, chaotic, musical, playful, or dull? In one to two complete sentences, justify your answer: Overall effect of the devices being used:____________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________ List the different sounds being made. Use the chart to help you list the different sounds being made (example:“ecks”):

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APPLY: - Identify the devices being used in this poem. Make sure to use the same key markings (Underline=Alliteration, Box=Consonance, Circle=Assonance).

“We Real Cool” by Gwendolyn Brooks The Pool Players. - Seven at the Golden Shovel We real cool. We Left school. We Lurk Late. We Strike straight.We

- What are the effects of the devices being used? Alliteration:_____________________ _______________________________

Consonance:_____________________

Sing sin. We Thin gin. We

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Jazz June. We Die soon.

Assonance: _______________________________ _______________________________

What is the effect of the poet’s purposeful use of bad grammar? How do the sound devices help achieve the effective use of bad grammar? ___________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________ Tone is the writer or speaker’s attitude toward a subject, a character, or audience. What is the poem’s tone? How do the sound devices help to reveal the poem’s tone? ___________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________

(1) Full fathom five thy father lies, of his bones are coral made; Those are pearls that were his eyes: Nothing of him that doth fade, (5) But doth suffer a sea change Into something rich and strange. Sea nymphs hourly ring his knell; Ding-dong Hark! Now I hear them—Ding-dong; bell William Shakespeare, from The Tempest Identify the sound device(s) used in line one by placing the correct marking. What sound device(s) is being used in line one? _________________________________ What is the tone of the device? Is it frightening, chaotic, musical, playful, or dull? Why? ___________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________ What are some possible images created by the sounds in line one? Justify your answer. ___________________________________________________________________ What sound device is being used in lines 8 and 9?________________________________ What image does the device create?__________________________________________

Using the same sound device as Shakespeare used in the last two lines, write a four line poem about the last few minutes before school ends. Moreover, use at least TWO other sound devices in the four lines you create (Alliteration, Assonance, Consonance). ___________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________

EVALUATE “Nothing Gold Can Stay” by Robert Frost Nature’s first green is gold, Her hardest hue to hold. Her early leaf’s a flower; But only so an hour.

Identify the sound device(s) used in line one by placing the correct marking. underline alliteration box consonance circle assonance

Then leaf subsides to leaf. So Eden sank into grief, So dawn goes down to day. Nothing gold can stay. List the examples in the appropriate box: Sound Device

Examples of Sound Devices Being Used

Alliteration Consonance Assonance

What is the tone of the poem? How would you characterize the speaker’s attitude toward nature? Use the effect of the sound devices to justify your answer. _________________________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________

CREATING A FINAL PRODUCT Purpose: Use all of the information and practice from above to create a final poem of personal narrative. Think back to 6th grade. In what ways have you changed since 6th grade (physically, mentally, and emotionally)? List some of the ways you have changed:

1. __________________________________________________________________ 2. _________________________________________________________________ 3. _________________________________________________________________ 4. _________________________________________________________________

Based on what you have listed, write a four-line poem using each sound device at least once (Alliteration, Assonance, Consonance, Onomatopoeia). The poem does not have to rhyme, but I should be able to identify your attitude toward how you have changed since 6th grade. ___________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________