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Assonance

//ˈæsənəns// noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    The repetition of similar or identical vowel sounds (though with different consonants), usually in literature or poetry. countable, uncountable

    ""You should try to speak without assonances" said Merlyn. "For instance, 'The beer is never clear round here, dear' is unfortunate, even as an assonance.'""

  2. 2
    the repetition of similar vowels in the stressed syllables of successive words wordnet

Etymology

From French assonance, from Latin assonāre; by surface analysis, a- + son- + -ance.

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