Does assonance deal with consonant sounds and alliteration deals with vowel sounds or does alliteration deal with consonants and assonance deals with vowel sounds?

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Salamander
May 30, 2018

Assonance = repetition of consonant sounds anywhere in words
Alliteration = repetition of consonant sounds at the beginning of words

Explanation:

Assonance deals with repetition of consonant sounds anywhere in words, but alliteration is the repetition of consonant sounds at the beginning of words (ex: Sally sells sea shells). For the repetition of vowel sounds anywhere in words, it would be consonance, not alliteration.

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