Exploring Consonance
A Grade 7 ELA worksheet focusing on identifying and understanding consonance in poetry and prose.
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Exploring Consonance
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Read each question carefully and follow the instructions to demonstrate your understanding of consonance.
Consonance is the repetition of consonant sounds within words in close proximity. Unlike alliteration, which repeats consonant sounds at the beginning of words, consonance can occur anywhere within the words. It creates a musical effect and can emphasize certain words or ideas.
1. Which of the following sentences best demonstrates consonance?
Peter Piper picked a peck of pickled peppers.
The big black bear bagged a big blue berry.
The silken, sad, uncertain rustling of each purple curtain.
Go slow over the road.
2. Which pair of words uses consonance?
shiny, shoes
cat, mat
blank, think
run, jump
3. Consonance is the repetition of sounds within words in close proximity.
4. Unlike alliteration, consonance does not require the repeated sounds to be at the of words.
5. The literary device that repeats vowel sounds is called .
6. Read the following sentence: "The strong young man sang a long song." Identify the consonant sound that is repeated and explain how this sentence demonstrates consonance.
7. Consonance is only found in poetry, not in prose.
True
False
8. Write a short paragraph (3-5 sentences) about a rainy day, making sure to include at least three examples of consonance. Underline or highlight the words that demonstrate consonance.