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assonance

Noun B2 – Upper-Intermediate

The repetition of similar vowel sounds in nearby words, often used to create rhythm in poetry.

"The phrase 'how now brown cow' is a simple example of assonance."

Assonance repeats vowel sounds, while its close relative, consonance, repeats consonant sounds instead.