ASSONANCE in a Sentence
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Meanings and Examples of ASSONANCE
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assonance
n. the repetition of similar vowels in the stressed syllables of successive words
Classic Sentence:
1 The ambiguous phrase by means of which Montparnasse had warned Gavroche of the presence of the policeman, contained no other talisman than the assonance dig repeated five or six times in different forms.
Example Sentence:
1 A polar vortex, with its satisfyingly assonant vowels and crisp consonants, sounds like either a down coat made by Patagonia or an enormous luxury-brand SUV—that is, an expensive product meant to evoke the wilds but actually used by coddled suburbanites.