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What are sound devices?
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Ways writers use the sound of words for effect.
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What is alliteration?
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The same consonant sound repeated in nearby words.
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What is consonance?
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Repeated consonant sounds within or ending words.
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What is assonance?
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Repeated vowel sounds inside words — ‘lone road home’.
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What can soft sounds (s, w, h) do?
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Make a line feel gentle, calm or hushed.
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What can hard sounds (k, t, b) do?
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Make a line feel harsh, sharp or violent.
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What do long vowel sounds do?
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Slow a line down — often sad or grand.
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What is rhythm?
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The beat of a line — steady, bouncy or heavy.
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How do you analyse a sound device?
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Name it + quote the sound + say what feeling it creates.
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Commonest sound-device mistake?
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Naming ‘alliteration’ without saying what the sound does.
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Structure & narrative
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