assonance
/ASS-uh-nunss/nounresemblance of vowel sounds between nearby words
“The line's lazy assonance — 'light of fire' — slows the reader.”
- Synonyms
- vowel rhyme, echo
- Root
- son- (sound)
- Memory hook
- as (to) + son (sound): sounds leaning toward each other.
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