This short definition is copied from here:
ALLITERATION is the repetition of the beginning consonant of nearby words.
EXAMPLE
Peter Piper picked a peck of pickled peppers.
Full fathom five thy father lies.
CONSONANCE is the repetition of the other consonant sounds of nearby words that do not rhyme.
EXAMPLE
I dropped the locket in the thick mud.
The dove moved above the waves.
ASSONANCE is the repetition of vowel sounds of nearby words that do not rhyme.
EXAMPLE
I made my way to the lake.
Hear the mellow wedding bells.
Longer definitions can be found here. And much more detail can be found here.
'Tongue twisters' use which of the three above?
How much wood could a woodchuck chuckIf a woodchuck could chuck wood?As much wood as a woodchuck could chuck,If a woodchuck could chuck wood.
How is Assonance used in 'Daffodils' by Tennyson?
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