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Assonance is the repetition of vowel sounds within words which are in close proximity. This is different from consonance, which is the repetition of consonant sounds, and alliteration, which is a specific case of consonance; it is the repetition of consonant sounds at the beginning of words.
See Also
Alliteration
Consonance
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