Examples of Assonance: 1. The light of the fire is a sight. (repetition of the long i sound) 2. Go slow over the road. (repetition of the long o sound) 3. Peter Piper picked a peck of pickled peppers (repetition of the short e and long i sounds)

The bird stirs at the break of dawn. The short vowel sound of “i” repeats in the words bird and stirs to create assonance Keep your friends close and your enemies closer. In this famous saying, the short vowel sound of “e” is repeated in fri en ds and en emies to create assonance.