Exploring Consonance
A Grade 5 ELA worksheet focusing on identifying and understanding consonance in poetry and prose.
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Exploring Consonance
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Read each section carefully and answer the questions to the best of your ability. This worksheet will help you understand consonance.
What is Consonance?
Consonance is a literary device that involves the repetition of consonant sounds within a sentence or phrase. Unlike alliteration, which repeats consonant sounds at the beginning of words, consonance can occur anywhere in the words. It creates a sense of rhythm and can add emphasis to certain words or ideas.
Example: 'Peter Piper picked a peck of pickled peppers.' (Repetition of 'p' sound)
Example: 'The ship has sailed to the far-off shores.' (Repetition of 'sh' sound)
1. Which of the following sentences best demonstrates consonance?
The cat sat on the mat.
She sells seashells by the seashore.
The big dog dug a deep hole.
A beautiful bird sang a sweet song.
Identify the repeated consonant sound in each sentence and write it in the blank.
2. The furry friend felt fantastic. Repeated sound:
3. Little red riding hood ran through the woods. Repeated sound:
4. Mike likes his new bike. Repeated sound:
5. Write two sentences of your own that demonstrate consonance. Underline the words that contain the repeated consonant sound.
6. Consonance is the repetition of vowel sounds.
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